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www.StonebridgePress.com Newsstand: 75 cents Friday, March 1, 2019 BY KEVIN FLANDERS STAFF WRITER AUBURN – Athletes from throughout the state will once again converge on Auburn, as the annual Special Olympics program will take place this month. Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML The two-day event is set for March 9 & 10, featuring basket- ball contests at the high school and bowling at AMF Auburn. The basketball tournament is always well-attended, with dozens of teams showing off their skills in front of a packed crowd in the gymnasium. Basketball teams feature par- ticipants with a range of expe- rience levels, from beginners to athletes who have been play- ing for many years. Several divisions are represented at the event, and volunteer coach- es and referees always dedicate their time to make the program memorable. For town officials, it means a lot to host an annual event cel- ebrating inclusion, teamwork, and community service. Many of the athletes have never enjoyed the experience of play- ing in front of a big crowd, and they are thrilled to see their family members and friends in attendance. Residents are once again invited to drop by the school to help pack the house. Town and state officials will also attend, including local state represen- tatives. “The town is honored to host the Special Olympics again this year,” said Town Manager Julie Jacobson. “This is a very special event that brings many individuals and groups in our community together to prepare for and host the games. We are thrilled to welcome the ath- letes, coaches and families to Auburn, and we encourage people to come out and watch these exciting games.” Guests attending the bas- ketball tournament can also enjoy a craft fair happening on both days at the high school. Vendors set up tables on both floors, and volunteers provide free lunches to athletes, coach- es, and crafters. Meanwhile, a Special Olympics bowling event will be held at AMF Auburn. Teams and guests are asked to park Special Olympics brings athletes from throughout the state to Auburn Local youngsters learn life lessons from the animal kingdom BY GUS STEEVES TIMES CORRESPONDENT OXFORD – Native Americans have long believed that animals can teach humans lessons in how to live. Ed Laquidara of Animal Adventures brought that concept to Oxford Library last week, using furry and scaly Earthlings to promote toler- ance and combat bullying. “What we want to make sure of is when we see someone who’s not so good at one thing, they’re probably really good at another thing,” he said. Each of the beings he introduced to the roomful of children have dis- tinctly different natural skills. Just after that quote, for example, he brought out a West African savanna frog which looks like nothing more than a big green, rubbery blob with eyes. They’re definitely not bullfrogs, which can jump six feet. “If every frog was a great jump- er, how would you know what was great?” he said. “...This frog is amaz- ing. You know what he can do? He can survive. … While other things are panicking [due to drought], he digs into the dirt,” his skin dies, and he sleeps for six months until the rain returns. When it does, he eats his dead skin for the energy to dig him- self out and go on with life. Two other species served as sym- bols of sociality: a tortoise and an alligator. The former was a prop in a story about his son Josh, who told Laquidara about a classmate who’d “just stare at the table.” At first, the boy seemed to ignore an invitation to go outside and play basketball, but after a second invitation, he quiet- ly followed Josh outside and played. He proved to be “terrible” at it, but nobody cared, but later proved to be “awesome” at football. Gus Steeves Photos Harlei McConnell of Webster pets a young alligator. Please Read ANIMAL KINGDOM, page A5 Please Read SPECIAL OLYMPICS, page A4 AUBURN — Auburn resident Brian Soucy will run in the 123rd Boston Marathon on April 15 in sup- port of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Emergency Response Marathon Team. Brian will join an estimat- ed 30,000 runners along the 26.2-mile course that spans from Hopkinton to Boston’s Boylston Street. The funds Brian raises will provide critical support for emergen- cy care, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness teaching and training at Mass General, efforts that benefit victims worldwide. The Emergency Response Marathon Team’s 2019 fundraising goal is $430,000. In 2013, Soucy, a first time marathon runner and former firefighter/EMT, was at the finish line with his family waiting for a relative to finish the race when the bombs went off. Thankfully, none of his fam- ily members were injured and Soucy was able to get them to safety. He then returned to the finish line and assisted in the rescue efforts. Brian is running in sup- port of the MGH Emergency Response Team to honor those hurt during the 2013 marathon and recognize all the work done at Mass General that day to save lives. Following the 2013 marathon bombings, Mass General was invited by the Boston Athletic Association to create a special team of runners. For the sixth straight year, thanks to a partnership with John Hancock, the Mass General Emergency Response Team will aim to collectively raise $430,000 this year. To date, the Emergency Response Team has raised over $1.9 million. The funding raised by the marathon team is critical to the Emergency Department’s efforts to develop tools and training programs to continually advance its ability to respond to man-made and natu- Auburn resident to run in Boston Marathon for Mass General Hospital Emergency Response Team Please Read SOUCY, page A5 Courtesy Photo EMK INSTITUTE WELCOMES AUBURN STUDENTS Students enrolled in the AP U.S. Government and Politics course at Auburn High School recently vis- ited the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate. 6 56525 10391 9 BY ANNIE SANDOLI VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT STURBRIDGE—Life Scout Arakel Kandoyan of Sturbridge Troop #161 is using his Eagle Scout Service Project to help chil- dren who are fighting against can- cer at Dana Farber’s Child Life Department at the Jimmy Fund Clinic by collecting gift cards for the patients and their families. Kandoyan, 17, knows exactly how these young patients feel and what difficulties they face because in September 2018, he was diag- nosed with Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor, a rare, inop- erable form of brain and spinal cancer. After several years of medical issues prior to being diag- nosed, countless appointments at multiple hospitals in Worcester and Boston, and two brain sur- geries, he now spends one Friday a month at Dana Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic as an outpatient to receive blood work and MRI scans. “I want to help others feel that everything is okay,” he said. “This is my way to give back and help Child Life.” Kandoyan is asking locals to help him in his endeavors by bringing gift cards to his set drop off locations, which include the Sturbridge Police Department at 346 Main Street and Physical Therapy Innovations at 198 Charlton Rd., Suite 2. The gift cards will be given to the Jimmy Fund Clinic, which will disperse them to the patients and families who need them most. “I’ve been lucky, but unfortu- nately, some of these kids can’t attend school or leave their hos- pital beds,” he said. “They can’t be a normal household family, so they become a hospital family. Donating is a way to bring joy to others, especially those who are battling something that could lead to their death. There’s no easy way Please Read SCOUT, page A5 Local teen dedicates Eagle Scout Project to children with cancer Annie Sandoli Photo Life Scout Arakel Kandoyan of Sturbridge Troop #161 is using his Eagle Scout Service Project to help children who are fighting against cancer at Dana Farber’s Child Life Department at the Jimmy Fund Clinic by collecting gift cards for the patients and their families.

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www.StonebridgePress.com Newsstand: 75 centsFriday, March 1, 2019

BY KEVIN FLANDERS STAFF WRITER

AUBURN – Athletes from throughout the state will once again converge on Auburn, as the annual Special Olympics program will take place this month.

Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML The two-day event is set for

March 9 & 10, featuring basket-ball contests at the high school and bowling at AMF Auburn. The basketball tournament is always well-attended, with dozens of teams showing off their skills in front of a packed crowd in the gymnasium.

Basketball teams feature par-ticipants with a range of expe-rience levels, from beginners to athletes who have been play-ing for many years. Several divisions are represented at the event, and volunteer coach-

es and referees always dedicate their time to make the program memorable.

For town officials, it means a lot to host an annual event cel-ebrating inclusion, teamwork, and community service. Many of the athletes have never enjoyed the experience of play-ing in front of a big crowd, and they are thrilled to see their family members and friends in attendance.

Residents are once again invited to drop by the school to

help pack the house. Town and state officials will also attend, including local state represen-tatives.

“The town is honored to host the Special Olympics again this year,” said Town Manager Julie Jacobson. “This is a very special event that brings many individuals and groups in our community together to prepare for and host the games. We are thrilled to welcome the ath-letes, coaches and families to Auburn, and we encourage

people to come out and watch these exciting games.”

Guests attending the bas-ketball tournament can also enjoy a craft fair happening on both days at the high school. Vendors set up tables on both floors, and volunteers provide free lunches to athletes, coach-es, and crafters.

Meanwhile, a Special Olympics bowling event will be held at AMF Auburn. Teams and guests are asked to park

Special Olympics brings athletes from throughout the state to Auburn

Local youngsters learn life lessons from the animal kingdomBY GUS STEEVES

TIMES CORRESPONDENT

OXFORD – Native Americans have long believed that animals can teach humans lessons in how to live.

Ed Laquidara of Animal Adventures brought that concept to Oxford Library last week, using furry and scaly Earthlings to promote toler-ance and combat bullying.

“What we want to make sure of is when we see someone who’s not so good at one thing, they’re probably really good at another thing,” he said.

Each of the beings he introduced to the roomful of children have dis-tinctly different natural skills. Just after that quote, for example, he brought out a West African savanna frog which looks like nothing more than a big green, rubbery blob with eyes. They’re definitely not bullfrogs, which can jump six feet.

“If every frog was a great jump-er, how would you know what was great?” he said. “...This frog is amaz-ing. You know what he can do? He can survive. … While other things are panicking [due to drought], he digs into the dirt,” his skin dies, and

he sleeps for six months until the rain returns. When it does, he eats his dead skin for the energy to dig him-self out and go on with life.

Two other species served as sym-bols of sociality: a tortoise and an alligator. The former was a prop in a story about his son Josh, who told Laquidara about a classmate who’d “just stare at the table.” At first, the boy seemed to ignore an invitation to go outside and play basketball, but after a second invitation, he quiet-ly followed Josh outside and played. He proved to be “terrible” at it, but nobody cared, but later proved to be “awesome” at football.

Gus Steeves Photos

Harlei McConnell of Webster pets a young alligator.

Please Read ANIMAL KINGDOM, page A5

Please Read SPECIAL OLYMPICS, page A4

AUBURN — Auburn resident Brian Soucy will run in the 123rd Boston Marathon on April 15 in sup-port of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Emergency Response Marathon Team. Brian will join an estimat-ed 30,000 runners along the 26.2-mile course that spans from Hopkinton to Boston’s Boylston Street. The funds Brian raises will provide critical support for emergen-cy care, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness teaching and training at Mass General, efforts that benefit victims worldwide. The Emergency Response Marathon Team’s 2019 fundraising goal is $430,000.

In 2013, Soucy, a first time marathon runner and

former firefighter/EMT, was at the finish line with his family waiting for a relative to finish the race when the bombs went off. Thankfully, none of his fam-ily members were injured and Soucy was able to get them to safety. He then returned to the finish line and assisted in the rescue efforts. Brian is running in sup-port of the MGH Emergency Response Team to honor those hurt during the 2013 marathon and recognize all the work done at Mass General that day to save lives.

Following the 2013 marathon bombings, Mass

General was invited by the Boston Athletic Association to create a special team of runners. For the sixth straight year, thanks to a partnership with John Hancock, the Mass General Emergency Response Team will aim to collectively raise $430,000 this year. To date, the Emergency Response Team has raised over $1.9 million. The funding raised by the marathon team is critical to the Emergency Department’s efforts to develop tools and training programs to continually advance its ability to respond to man-made and natu-

Auburn resident to run

in Boston Marathon for Mass General

Hospital Emergency Response Team

Please Read SOUCY, page A5

Courtesy Photo

EMK INSTITUTE WELCOMES AUBURN STUDENTS

Students enrolled in the AP U.S. Government and Politics course at Auburn High School recently vis-ited the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate.

6 56525 10391 9

BY ANNIE SANDOLIVILLAGER CORRESPONDENT

STURBRIDGE—Life Scout Arakel Kandoyan of Sturbridge Troop #161 is using his Eagle Scout Service Project to help chil-dren who are fighting against can-cer at Dana Farber’s Child Life Department at the Jimmy Fund Clinic by collecting gift cards for the patients and their families.

Kandoyan, 17, knows exactly how these young patients feel and what difficulties they face because in September 2018, he was diag-nosed with Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor, a rare, inop-erable form of brain and spinal cancer. After several years of medical issues prior to being diag-nosed, countless appointments at multiple hospitals in Worcester and Boston, and two brain sur-geries, he now spends one Friday a month at Dana Farber’s Jimmy Fund Clinic as an outpatient to receive blood work and MRI scans.

“I want to help others feel that

everything is okay,” he said. “This is my way to give back and help Child Life.”

Kandoyan is asking locals to help him in his endeavors by bringing gift cards to his set drop off locations, which include the Sturbridge Police Department at 346 Main Street and Physical Therapy Innovations at 198 Charlton Rd., Suite 2. The gift cards will be given to the Jimmy Fund Clinic, which will disperse them to the patients and families who need them most.

“I’ve been lucky, but unfortu-nately, some of these kids can’t attend school or leave their hos-pital beds,” he said. “They can’t be a normal household family, so they become a hospital family. Donating is a way to bring joy to others, especially those who are battling something that could lead to their death. There’s no easy way

Please Read SCOUT, page A5

Local teen dedicates Eagle Scout Project to children with cancer

Annie Sandoli Photo

Life Scout Arakel Kandoyan of Sturbridge Troop #161 is using his Eagle Scout Service Project to help children who are fighting against cancer at Dana Farber’s Child Life Department at the Jimmy Fund Clinic by collecting gift cards for the patients and their families.

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Worcester Academy’s Anabel Szydlik of Southbridge recognized

for academic excellence WORCESTER — Worcester Academy proudly announces

its Honor Roll and Headmaster’s List for Semester 1 of the 2018-2019 School Year. The honors represent the achieve-ments that each of the Worcester Academy students has earned through academic excellence, challenge, and personal growth.

Among the students is:Anabel Szydlik of Southbridge, Postgraduate, First Honors.

About Worcester AcademyWorcester Academy is an independent co-ed day and board-

ing community for Middle School (grades 6 to 8) and for High School (grades 9 to 12, and postgraduates). Our urban setting,

diverse communi-ty, and innovative curriculum pro-vide each student with unique oppor-tunities for self-dis-covery, academic achievement, and personal empow-erment. Visit us at www.worcester-academy.org.

For more infor-mation, contact Neil Isakson, direc-tor of external communications, at 508-754-5302, ext. 135, or e-mail [email protected].

Business Alliance hosting Spring Social

WEBSTER — The Webster Dudley Business Alliance invites all local businesses to A Spring Social at The Rose Room Cafe & Tonic Bar, 4 East Main St., Webster, on Thursday, March 21 from 6:30-8 p.m. The Rose Room features locally sourced food, specialty coffee and craft beverages, serving breakfast, lunch, & baked goods, always fresh, always striving to be more sustainable.

Samples from several local vendors and farms will be offered with plenty of time for networking. Free to local business representatives. Registration is required by email-ing [email protected].

Local student named to Dean’s List at Northern

Vermont University LYNDONVILLE, Vt. — Vanessa

Symonick of Auburn, a student at Northern Vermont University, has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester. To be named to the President’s List students must achieve a 4.00 semester grade point average. To be named to the Dean’s List stu-dent must achieve between a 3.50 and 3.99 semester grad point average. Northern Vermont University is a two-campus institution of higher edu-cation with locations in Johnson and Lyndonville, Vermont, and an online division, that combines the best of our campuses’ nationally recognized liber-al arts and professional programs. At NVU, our goal is to guide curious, moti-vated, and engaged students on their paths to success and their places in the world. NVU Online offers flexible, afford-able, high-quality options for learners pursuing their bachelor’s degree. Learn more at NorthernVerm ont.edu.

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AUBURN — R.H. White Companies, a construction services and utility man-agement firm, announced the appointment of John Stamatov as Operations Manager in its Utility Construction Division. A construction and ener-gy industry veteran, Mr. Stamatov brings more than 30 years of capital project planning and management, strategic leadership, engi-neering and consulting expe-rience to his new position.

Prior to his appointment at R.H. White, Mr. Stamatov spent six years as a Director at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an international pro-fessional services network, where he managed its Capital Projects and Infrstructure Practice. There, he advised global clients in the delivery

of large, complex capital construction programs with an emphasis on safety, cost, schedule and quality. He also spent several years in project management at Vermont Electric Power Company, where he provided project and construc-tion management for major substation and transmission line initiatives.

“John comes to us with a diverse and impressive back-ground, including extensive operations and project manage-ment experience that will complement our existing capa-bilities and strengthen our strategic business goals and objectives. I am confident that John will be instrumental in driving us into new and exciting areas,” said Daniel Horgan, Vice President of Utility Construction.

A veteran of the United States Air Force, where he was a Civil Engineering Office overseeing waste management, Super Fund cleanup and civil design, Mr. Stamatov also holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Northeastern University and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont.

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WORCESTER — Worcester Academy proudly announces its Honor Roll and Headmaster’s List for Semester 1 of the 2018-2019 School Year. The honors represent the achievements that each of these Worcester Academy students has earned through academic excellence, challenge, and per-sonal growth.

Among the students are:Kathryn OReilly of Auburn, Grade 9,

Headmaster’s List.Tyler Anger of Auburn, Grade 12, First Honors.About Worcester Academy

Worcester Academy is an independent co-ed day and boarding school for grades 6 to 12 and post-graduates. Our urban setting, diverse community, and innovative curriculum provide each student with unique opportunities for self-discovery, aca-demic achievement, and personal empowerment. Visit us at www.worcesteracademy.org.

For more information, contact Neil Isakson, director of communications, at 508-754-5302, ext. 135, or e-mail [email protected].

Local students on Worcester Academy Semester 1 Honor Roll And Headmaster’s List

WORCESTER — Assumption College has announced that Julie Carpino, of Auburn, Class of 2019, is one 497 students named to the College’s Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester. Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit semester to be included on the prestigious list, which is announced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters.

“Each semester Assumption College recognizes the hard work and dedication of its students through the Dean’s List,” said Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., president of Assumption College. “Students who have earned this high honor have demonstrated academic excellence and hard work, as well as committed themselves to the formation of their intellec-tual and academic lives, an important aspect of the College’s mission.”

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WEBSTER — Our local United

States Coast Guard Auxiliary Tri-State Flotilla, Massachusetts will be instruct-ing a one-day “About Boating Safely” course developed to provide the skills and confidence needed to explore the coast and inland waters by boat on Saturday, March 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Webster Fire Department, 55 Thompson Rd.

Basic knowledge and skills are need-ed to have safe and enjoyable boating experiences. This course is perfect for families that have just purchased any type of boat or are planning to in the future, and also for the boater keeping up with changes to boating regulations and laws. Successful completion of the course will also certify a minor, from 12 to 16 years of age, to operate a power-boat, including a Personal Water Craft / Jet Ski for 16 & 17-year-old operators, on all Massachusetts waters; in con-junction with the Mass. Environmental Police. Rhode Island residents born in/or after 1986 can also take the “Challenge Exam” for the RI Boater Education Card to operate motor ves-sels over 10 HP along with anyone, any age, from any state, wanting to operate a PWC on Rhode Island waters. It will also cover the requirements to oper-ate a vessel in most other states & many countries where boating safety education is mandatory. Several of the boating insurance companies offer a discount on premiums for successful completion of this course.

This location and format has

been well received by the local boating community. Please come and find out how much more there is to know out on the water, and the reality of operating any vessel safely on Webster Lake.

The USCGAux. offers all Public Education Courses at no charge how-ever there is a $40 fee for the cost of materials, ABS textbook, study guide, and certification(s).

ABS course information at: http://wow.uscgaux.info/pe_class_flyer.php?unit=NAT&course=23165

Register soon as space is limited at: [email protected] or (508) 404-8088.

BY ANNIE SANDOLIVILLAGER CORRESPONDENT

SOUTHBRIDGE—On Feb. 5, 1978, 41 years ago this month, the notorious Blizzard of ’78 swept through New England and parts of New Jersey and New York.

Among those who will never for-get their experience with the monster

storm is Southbridge resident Steve Chilinski, who spent the entirety of the blizzard cleaning up after mother nature’s wrath.

Serving with the United States National Guard at the time, Chilinski shoveled out fire hydrants and cleared out snow in the towns of Southbridge and Hull, witnessing an unprecedented storm and all the accidents and emer-

gencies that came with it. “I was 28 years old, and I did what I

was told to do,” he said. “My reaction was shock to the severity of the bliz-zard.”

The Blizzard of ’78 hit Boston and its surrounding areas with more than two feet of snow and damaging winds of more than 55 miles per hour. People were left with damaged homes, or with-out homes altogether, and the State of Massachusetts estimated losses from “Everyone was screwed up,” said Chilinski. “There were road blocks all over the place where only residents were allowed in. People were abandon-ing their cars on 128 and being rescued by snow mobiles. Some people were in their cars overnight.”

The consequences of the Blizzard of ‘78 are usually blamed on the fact that no one really saw it coming. The storm was predicted to arrive earlier in the week, and when it didn’t happen, Chilinski said that many people expect-ed that it wouldn’t come at all.

“Back then in 1978, the weather fore-casts were not that accurate — not at all like they are today,” said Chilinski. “The storm was supposed to come on a certain day, and it came after that, so people were very unprepared.”

Rated as one of the worst storms in history along the Eastern seaboard, resulting in 99 deaths and more than 4,500 weather-related injuries or illness-es reported by the American Red Cross, the storm also drove nearly 40,000 people into emergency shelters due to

power outages, or simply because they were left stranded. The Blizzard of ’78 broke records for snow amounts, and remains a point of reference for severe winter storms decades later.

Although so many years have passed and weather reports and emergency response practices have improved dra-matically, Chilinski believes that it is important to take time each year to remember that weekend in 1978 and everything that came with it, including the tragic loss, community assistance, and emergency response.

“A lot of people had some really bad experiences,” said Chilinski. “It’s some-thing I’ll never forget.”

More information and further statis-tics about the Blizzard of ’78 can be found by searching the storm at at https://www.weather.gov.

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BY GUS STEEVESCORRESPONDENT

SOUTHBRIDGE – A century or so ago, the Beaver Brook area of Worcester looked very different from what it does today. A big section on and near Park Ave. that has been nearly vacant for decades was then a thriving commu-nity.

How do we know? A self-trained, itinerant photographer named William Bullard lived there and highlight-ed its people, many of them African-American descendants of slaves, leaving behind a collec-tion that might be unique in the world.

Some of his photos, equipment and related paraphernalia are on dis-play at Jacob Edwards Library.

Last week, the col-lection’s owner, his-torian Frank Morrill, and collaborator, Clark University professor Janette Greenwood talk-ed about their project,

which graced the walls of Worcester Art Museum last year.

“When you see the face of somebody like Celia Perkins, you want to know something about her,” Greenwood said. “We connect to the person. It wasn’t some abstract thing; it was an individual.”

Other catalogs of por-traits, including some of black Americans, do exist, although few this early (c.1900). What makes the Bullard col-lection unique, they said, is that he actually iden-tified about 900 of them, making it possible to trace them back to the slave era and forward to today’s descendants. And it all came about by acci-dent.

Morrill said he “didn’t really want the por-traits;” he bought the col-lection of glass negatives in 2003 largely for its many photos of locations around the region. A few years ago, he had his granddaughter Hannah, then 10, look through it

“to give her some prac-tice” identifying plac-es. She came across an out-of-place image of a woman, asked about it, and he had her set it aside. A few days later, she found it still sitting on his desk and men-tioned it again, this time noticing it had a num-ber (76) etched in the cor-ner. That sent Morrill to Bullard’s logbook, where he identified it as Celia Perkins, and opened a door into history Morrill never expected.

Through a friend, he found out about Greenwood, who had written a book on the black migration to Worcester. Greenwood said Morrill emailed her quickly, but she initially forgot to respond.

When she did and finally saw the collec-tion at Morrill’s house, “I almost fell out of my seat. They’re incredibly beautiful and of people of color.” Looking through the logbook, she deter-mined, “I know who some of these people are.”

She assigned named portraits to her students to “see what you can find of this person,” she said.

They eventually found 40 percent of Bullard’s portraits were of black people, at a time just 2 percent of Worcester’s population was black. Many of them came from the Perkins family, which traced back to a man named King Perkins (1802-1912), who ultimate-ly had 23 children.

As a youth, Perkins was a slave owned by Camden, SC, Sen. James Chestnut. After the Civil War, Perkins bought about 200 acres off Chestnut – something Greenwood noted was “very unusual,” but not unique. “They may have been favored in some ways,” since some slaves were allowed to make money off the plantation and save it. They lost the land in the 1870s due to economic troubles and the rise of white suprem-acists, but had a relative in Worcester, so many came here.

“This part of Beaver Brook came to be called ‘Little Camden’” because so many people came here from there, but the community also drew blacks from Northern industrial cities and from New Bern, N.C., where two Worcester regiments had been stationed, Greenwood said. The neighborhood had many churches and organiza-tions that helped support and employ the newcom-ers, establishing them as “upstanding members of the community” at a time when “black men were under attack as ‘crim-inals’” and other racist stereotypes, she said.

She points specifically to Reuben Griffin, who

is in the collection at least five times, always in his Spanish-American War uniform. At a time blacks were facing Jim Crow and other assaults on their rights, he “saw some action in Puerto Rico and was very proud of his service” with a black company in the otherwise white Mass 6th Infantry. His pride, she added, “was indicative of a lot of the sentiment” in his community.

“These were integrat-ed neighborhoods,” she said. “There never was an ‘African-American’ neighborhood, per se.”

Blacks in those days generally didn’t get pic-tures taken, often for monetary reasons, but they guessed these peo-ple did so largely because Bullard was their neigh-bor. While that era’s por-traitists typically staged their photos in studios with clothes and props, Bullard went into their homes and yards, show-ing them as they lived and wanted to be seen. That included a lot of images of people with bicycles, which was “a national craze” then, but also symbolized some success and tied them to the recent (1899) world champion biker Major Taylor, a black Worcester resident.

“One of the great joys of all this” was being able to trace and connect liv-ing family members, she added. Many of them attended the WAM events and some unlabeled peo-ple were identified in the photos by descendants who did. In one case, the son of a little boy grew up to be vice pres-ident of Marriott Corp (James Ward). In anoth-er, Raymond Schuyler became an early NAACP

member.Another man, David

Oswell, was known as a music professor, teach-er, orchestra leader and writer in his own time. They found his great-grandson Raymond Jackson in Washington DC who “idolized” Oswell and had a post-er from an Oswell con-cert, but had never seen a photo of him. Jackson played piano at the WAM opening, and “because of the exhibit, he found out there are great-great-great grandchildren, one of whom played vio-lin in Worcester” with him. Jackson now men-tors that girl, but “never knew she was living” before then, Morrill said.

Their friendship with Jackson led to an unusu-al experience. During one visit, Morrill said, Jackson sat down to play piano for them, and his wife suggested they lie under the piano to feel the music.

“Last year, I didn’t even know you,” Greenwood recalled telling him then. “Who’d imagine we’d be laying under this piano together?”

“You can only imagine how good it feels to talk to people who never knew their history,” Morrill said.

The two hope to take versions of the show around the country, ulti-mately intending to sub-mit it to the Smithsonian, where Morrill said he feels it belongs. For those who can’t travel, a lot of the photos, background information, and materi-al on Bullard himself are at their website, www.bullardphotos.org.

Gus Steeves can be reached at [email protected].

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OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a cer-tain Mortgage given by Georgios D. Mantalvanos to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nomi-nee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns, dated December 28, 2016 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 56540, Page 269, subsequently assigned to PNC Bank, National Association by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 58519, Page 220 for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 PM on March 8, 2019 at 17 Appleton Road, Auburn, MA, all and singular the prem-ises described in said Mortgage, to wit:The land, with the buildings there-on, situated on the easterly side of Appleton Road in Auburn, Worcester County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner of the premis-es herein described at a point 482.26 feet south of Southbridge Street and the southwesterly corner of land, now or formerly, of Place; THENCE, east-erly by the southerly line of said Place land, 250 feet to land, now or formerly, of Benoit; THENCE, southerly by the westerly line of the said Benoit land, 60 feet to land, now or formerly, of Fox; THENCE, westerly by the north-erly line of said Fox land, 250 feet to the easterly line of Appleton Road; THENCE, northerly by the easterly line of Appleton Road, 60 feet to the point of beginning. Containing 15,000 square feet, more or less. Being all and the same premises as conveyed by Quitclaim Deed dated 5/24/2011 and recorded with Worcester South District Registry of Deeds on 3/29/2011

in Book 47233, Page 132. 56540-266The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession, and attor-ney’s fees and costs.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to exe-cute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any rea-son, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no fur-ther recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the prem-ises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.PNC Bank, National Association Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,ORLANS PCPO Box 540540Waltham, MA 02454Phone: (781) 790-780018-009647February 15, 2019February 22, 2019March 1, 2019

Legal NoticeThe Auburn Housing Authority (AHA) is taking public comments on its draft Five-Year Action Plan for 2018-2022 under the U.S. Department of Hous-ing and Urban Development’s (HUD’s) Capital Fund Program. The public re-view and comment period will com-mence on March 1, 2019 and end on April 16, 2019. The draft Plan is avail-able for inspection by the public at the principle office of the AHA, located at 200 Oxford Street North, Auburn, MA 01501. The office is wheelchair acces-sible and reasonable accommodations will be provided to persons requesting assistance. The Plan will be submitted to HUD on, or about April 24, 2019. Prior to submission, a Public Hearing will be held on April 16, 2019 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. in the community room at the principal office of the AHA located at 200 Oxford Street North, Auburn, MA 01501. Comments on the draft Plan may be submitted at the Public Hearing, in writing to the AHA at the above address or emailed to [email protected]. Following the Public Hear-ing, the AHA Board of Commissioners will convene to consider adoption of the Plan. Anyone wishing further infor-mation may contact Lori Brennan, Ex-ecutive Director at 508-832-3852.March 1, 2019

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TO:Ameryss L. Stewartand to all persons entitled to the ben-efit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C.c. 50 §3901 (et seq):U.S. Bank National Association,claiming to have an interest in a Mort-gage covering real property in Auburn, numbered 23 Pickering Street, given by Ameryss L. Stewart to Mortgage

Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for, Mackinac Sav-ings Bank, FSB, a federal savings bank, its successors and assigns, dated April 7, 2010 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worces-ter District) Registry of Deeds in Book 45654, Page 380, as affected by a Loan Modification recorded on May 30, 2014 in Said Registry of Deeds in Book 52373, Page 183, and as further affected by a Loan Modi-fication recorded on March 16, 2018 in Said Registry of Deeds in Book 58548, Page 26, and now held by plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with this court a complaint for determi-nation of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Ser-vicemembers status.If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the Unit-ed States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Service-members Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-men-tioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written ap-pearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before March 25, 2019 or you may be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, GOR-DON H. PIPER Chief Justice of this Court on February 5, 2019Attest: Deborah J. PattersonRecorder(18-016358 Orlans)March 1, 2019

LEGALS

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Frank Morrill and Janette Greenwood are flanked by several of the photos from William Bullard’s massive collection, on display at Jacob Edwards Library.

“I know who some of these people are”UniqUe photos highlight AfricAn AmericAn life At Jel

in the lot by Polar Beverages and take the shuttle to this venue. AMF Auburn is located at 101 Southbridge St.; Polar Beverages is located at 26 Southbridge St.

A floor hockey tournament will also be offered as part of the two-day Special Olympics celebration in Auburn.

To learn more about events, locations, schedules, direc-tions, parking, shuttles, and meals, please visit www.SpecialOlympicsMA.org. A complete event guide for all

three tournaments is available on the Web site.

Event organizers thank the many town officials, students, and seniors who volunteer for the event each year. From coaching teams to preparing meals, volunteers continue to serve as the backbone of the program. Countless hours go

into organizing the venue, scheduling games, arranging the craft fair, and readying the building for school the next day.

Statewide, Special Olympics Massachusetts saw 3,682 ath-letes enroll in sports programs this winter alone. More than 1,000 volunteers and 350 coach-

es got involved to help make participants’ dreams come true.

Last year, more than 12,500 athletes got involved in Special Olympics programs through-out the state.

SPECIAL OLYMPICScontinued from page 1

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“If you are shy, it’s OK. If you look up and smile at somebody, you won’t get hurt,” Laquidara said. “If you’re not shy, go talk to somebody in their shell.”

Later, he added that he sees more outgoing folks as having “the ‘alligator personality.’”

Another reptile served as a symbol of misunderstanding.

“You really don’t want to believe something bad about someone else. You really need to find out the truth. … Sometimes people exaggerate,” he said while letting a Madagascar brown boa wrap himself around his arm. “People hear all these horror stories about snakes and most of them are not true.”

For example, he noted before the show many people assume most snakes are poisonous, sometimes from watch-ing “Animal Planet” and similar shows about snakes in other parts of the world. Pointing to Southeast Asia, he noted snakes there are often dangerous – “you could turn around and you’re kid will be gone” – but that’s not true here, “where it’s really hard to find a venomous snake.”

Indeed, the UMass-Amherst “Snakes of Massachusetts” website (www.masnakes.org) notes there are 14 native snakes, but just two are venomous – copperheads and timber rattlers. Both are very rare and endangered, living in very restricted areas. “As a result, most of Massachusetts is completely devoid of venomous serpents.” The site adds that the last time someone died of a snakebite in the state was “more than 200 years ago,” and their toxicity is “highly overrated.” Several harmless snakes, however, can be confused with rattlers, sparking many “cases of mis-taken identity.”

Snake fear is common, and Laquidara noted he once had to ask a school princi-pal to “take a sick day instead of impos-ing your phobia on the kids” when he

was scheduled to have an animal pre-sentation. The principal did so.

Although a handful of people left the library show early, it seemed the vast majority had no problem with most of Laquidara’s animal friends. He started with a couple furry ones as a message of tolerance – a chinchilla and an albino rabbit.

“Animals have different gifts … just like everyone here,” he said. “You all have something you’ll be awesome at.”

The chinchilla, for example, “can squish flat and hide in small spaces.” the sparked a story about him having to get one daughter to think about another daughter’s feelings after she tried to see if her sibling’s head would fit under the sofa like a chinchilla. It didn’t. He also saw it as an example of different family structures, noting the rodent lives in burrows of 100 young. When he asked if anyone wanted 100 people living in their house, a couple raised their hands.

“Animals will sometimes pick on other animals that aren’t like them,” he added while showing the rabbit. “But who’s smarter – a person or a bunny?

Does the way somebody looks really mean anything?”

He also cited an incident in which his daughter got picked on by a friend for her new hair style because the friend had had a bad day at home earlier. You don’t always know why people act as they do, and can’t necessarily fix it, even with good intentions.

That’s a lesson he reinforces at home with a beard-ed dragon named Lava Girl. One day, he said, a differ-ent dragon bit his daughter because she ignored its warning signs. Although she saw the reptile puff up its beard, which has spines, then turn it black and start bobbing its head, she touched it anyway.

That was the liz-

ard saying “I’m not in the mood to work today,” Laquidara said. “… When peo-ple are having a tantrum, they usually need a little bit of space.”

The event’s big hit was the one ani-mal state law didn’t allow him to have people touch – a black-capped squirrel monkey named Mojo. Laquidara used him as an example of why not to anthro-pomorphize too much and let beings be themselves.

“Monkeys are made to be selfish,” he said. “People have it built in right from wrong. Monkeys don’t know that. They’ll pee on you, poop on you, bit you, steal your food. … Monkeys are awesome, but they’re not people. … They’re cute, but you’ve gotta let them be monkeys.”

Earlier, he noted his brother brought home their first monkey when he was seven, and he’s had them ever since. He’s been a professional zoologist for 21 years, has a counseling background, and runs both the animal rescue and a troubled teens program from his home in Bolton, he said.

Gus Steeves can be reached at [email protected].

ral disasters. This year the funds will also support pediatric emergency response programs, ensuring the youngest and most vulnerable patients continue to receive state-of-the-art and compassionate care in a child-friendly environment.

“We are grateful to our runners and the awareness they

bring to emergency medicine at Mass General,” said David Brown, MD, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. “These funds support the vital training and resources needed to develop a carefully, integrated response that spans multiple departments throughout the hospital.”

To learn more about the Mass General Emergency Response

Team, please go to https://giving.massgeneral.org/bos-ton-marathon/emergency-response-team/.

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to say that.”Although the Jimmy Fund

Clinic gets some donations of toys and care items, Kandoyan said that it is not always what is needed most, and gift cards are the one thing that every patient and family can use to have an easier time travel-ing to and from the hospital, get the things they need such as food, gas, and personal care products, or even make sure the each patient has something to open or order online on their birthday. When he was inpa-tient UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus last year before being referred to Dana Farber, Kandoyan was one of the recipients of a gift basket for his birthday, and that is what first inspired him to help kids at the Jimmy Fund Clinic in the

same way. “I ended up spending

my 17th birthday in the hospi-tal,” said Kandoyan. “I had no idea that any of that was going to happen and I started thinking about how to help give back to kids like me. I was originally thinking toys, but that takes up a lot of space and gift cards can be given to anyone.”

Kandoyan is hoping to raise at least $750 in gift cards by March 10, as he must turn in the project results before he turns 18. However, any gift cards that are donated after his deadline will still be gladly accepted and the Kandoyan family will contin-ue to forward them to the Jimmy Fund Clinic.

“To those people who give, I’m very grateful,” said Laura Kandoyan, Arakel’s mom. “The Sturbridge Police Department’s posting about the project on social media was shared 87 times in one day. That

is huge. We are so thankful for the people who have donated.”

Examples of the need-ed gift cards include any gro-cery store, any gas station, Amazon, Target. Walmart, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, Bertucci’s, Subway, Olive Garden, Friendly’s, Uno’s, any gas station, Visa or MasterCard, Panera, Michael’s, A.C. Moore, Macy’s, Old Navy, Staples, and Office Max.

“There has been a great response so far,” said Sergeant Sean Paine of the Sturbridge Police Department. “We have seen a tremendous amount of support for the project.”

For more information on Kandoyan’s Eagle Scout Project, contact the Mohegan Council of the Boy Scouts of America at 508-752-3769 or the Sturbridge Police Department at 508-347-2525.

SCOUTcontinued from page 1

SOUCYcontinued from page 1

ANIMAL KINGDOMcontinued from page 1

Mojo the spider monkey digs into his snack container.

A young volunteer handles a brown boa with Ed Laquidara to prove snakes are not slimy.

BY JASON BLEAU TIMES CORRESPONDENT

DUDLEY/CHARLTON – The Dudley Charlton Regional School District got some welcome news earlier in February with the announcement of grant funding awarded by the state to help the district con-tinue to advance in STEAM programing.

Interim Superintendent Dr. Kristine Nash made the announcement during her report to the Regional School Committee on Feb. 13 that the Dudley Charlton Regional School District was one of several schools to receive an Innovation Pathway Planning Grant. The grant totals $10,000 that Dr. Nash says will be an asset to helping further STEAM programs that

have become a vital part of the region’s educational initiatives.

“I’m very pleased to report that we were one of, I believe, 58 schools across the state to receive this fund-ing,” Dr. Nash told the School Committee. “Project Lead the Way connects to project-based learning that our entire school district has been involved in - We will continue with this, particularly focusing on some of our new programs that we have introduced and some of the others that we will be introducing next year and in the years that follow.”

Dr. Nash read a statement into the record from the office of Gov. Charlie Baker that congratulated the town for receiving the grant and commended the dis-

trict for its continued focus on educational improve-ments.

“Through this funding and your continued support, we hope to expand access to great education opportu-nities in the commonwealth,” Gov. Baker said in the statement.

Dr. Nash commended district STEAM Director Karen Ares and Shepherd Hill Regional High School Principal William Chaplin, Jr. for their efforts in help-ing procure the grant funding. The superintendent called it the result of “a lot of work” that will help the district continue to grow and offer new opportunities for students to explore science, technology, engineer-ing, art and mathematics.

School District receives Pathways planning grant

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International Women’s Day will be observed on March 8. Around the world, special events will celebrate the cultural, social, political and econom-ic achievements of women. However, this last area – economic progress – is one that still causes concern, and rightfully so, because women still face gender-related challenges. How can you deal with them?

To begin with, you need to recognize the nature of these challenges. While many factors are actually responsi-ble for women facing more economic pressure than men, two stand out in particular:

Gender wage gap – It’s still around,

despite some progress toward equali-ty. The U.S. Census Bureau has found that full-time, year-round working women earn about 80 percent of what their male counterparts earn. Other studies show a slightly smaller gap.

Caregiving responsibilities

– Women typically take more time away from the workforce than men, both to raise children and then, later in life, to take care of aging parents. These absences can result in lost wages, lower Social Security benefits and fewer contributions to 401(k) and similar retirement plans.

So, given these realities, what can

you do to improve your own financial outlook? Here are a few suggestions:

Increase your contributions to your

retirement plan. Every time your sal-ary goes up, increase the amount you contribute to your 401(k) or similar retirement plan. At a minimum, put in enough to earn your employer’s match, if one is offered. These plans offer potential tax-deferred earnings, and since your contributions are typ-ically made with pre-tax dollars, the more you put in, the lower your tax-able income.

Invest for growth. Some stud-

ies show that men may invest more aggressively than women – though not necessarily more successfully. However, while you do need to invest wisely, you can’t ignore the need for growth. Consequently, you should consider including a reasonable per-centage of growth-oriented invest-ments in your retirement and other investment accounts, with the precise amount depending on your individual goals, risk tolerance and time horizon.

Look for income even while serving

as caregiver. Of course, you may never become the primary caregiver for your elderly parents – but even if you do, it doesn’t necessarily follow that you must forego all earned income. If it’s possible, you could seek to go part-time at your current job, or request some type of telecommuting arrange-ment. And as long as you have some earned income, from somewhere, you can still contribute to an IRA.

Manage retirement plan withdraw-

als carefully. Once you’re retired, pos-sibly to become a full-time caregiver, you can take penalty-free – though still taxable – withdrawals from your 401(k) as early as age 55, provided you meet certain conditions. Once you’re 59 and a half, you can take penal-ty-free withdrawals from a traditional IRA, though the money will be tax-able. While you can withdraw con-tributions you made to a Roth IRA at any time, tax- and penalty-free, you’ll have to wait until 59 and a half to take out your earnings free of taxes and penalties. And you’ll need to find a sustainable withdrawal rate so you can reduce the risk of depleting these accounts too early.

As a society, we are still working

toward equality for all people – includ-ing economic equality. As a woman, however, you can’t afford to wait until that day arrives, so you need to be proactive in seeking and maintaining your financial security.

This article was written by Edward

Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Please con-tact Dennis Antonopoulos, your local Edward Jones Advisor at 5 Albert St., Auburn, MA 01501 Tel: 508-832-5385 or [email protected].

Women may need to make

extra financial moves

It’s almost over!

For many of us, winter is a dreaded season. It’s not so much the snow as it is the frigid temperatures and high cost of fuel. We happen to enjoy the fall and winter seasons most oursevles, but for those who are having glum feelings about the colder weather, or even for those who love all weather, we have some tips on some things you can do to help keep your spirits up as we enter (hopefully!) the final few weeks of the winter season.

One thing you can say ‘be gone’ to is the idea that you have to always have a positive outlook on any given situation. If you try to avoid negative feelings all of the time, you’re not creating a healthy space for when you are truly happy. If you need to vent, do it. If you’re upset and need to cry into a bowl of ice cream, have at it. It is your overall life satisfac-tion that matters.

Minimize your time on social media. Remember the days when you didn’t know what your friends, family or even celebrities were doing every second of the day? Those were blissful times. The only way we knew what someone was up to was to pick up the phone, wait for the dial tone, and make that call. We’re not sure we ever inquired about what our friends were eating. All of that unnecessary knowledge is overwhelming at times, and simply put, unnecessary. One study showed that the more time people spend on social media, the more depressed they are. When we spend too much time online we know that we are wasting time. The idea of wasting time can inflict a feeling of depression on anyone who is typi-cally highly motivated and energetic. Documenting every aspect of your life can be exhausting, and takes away from the actual experience.

Don’t compare yourself to others. “No one is you, and that is your power” is a phrase that we particularly love. People have been comparing themselves to oth-ers since the dawn of time. The idea of keeping up with the Joneses is outdated. Don’t do that. Love the idea that the per-son sitting next to you or walking down the street is nothing like you.

Keep likeminded company. If you have friends who always seem to be complaining, minimize your contact with them, especially during the winter months. No one should have to be sub-jected to relentless grousing just for the sake of having someone to talk to.

Have realistic goals. If you start with reasonable expectations and grow from there, your success rate in reaching your higher goals will be greater and less stressful to obtain.

Forgive others. This one is extreme-ly hard; however, forgiving those who have hurt you is key to feeling relaxed and happy.

Eating too much sugar can lead to depression. Balance in your meals has been scientifically proven to make peo-ple happier. More vegetables, more fiber and less processed food.

Opt to spend your money on experi-ences rather than things. Experts say the satisfaction of an experience will last much longer.

Lastly, choose good posture. While sitting up, you automatically feel more energetic and positive. Slouching can lead to feel nervous, sleepy, sluggish and fearful.

A quote by Jim Rohn sums it up: “Happiness is not something you post-pone for the future; it is something you design for the present.”

BY JACK STARKEY

It’s time to apply for the 2019 CMS Chamber Scholarships. The Chamber of Central Mass South typically awards three $1,000 scholarships per year to deserving students in our service area.

Scholarships are disbursed directly to the student upon presentation of grades from their first semester completed after the award is announced and a minimum 3.0 GPA attained. Students must be a resident or student with-in the towns served by the Chamber of Central Mass South. These include the towns of Southbridge, Sturbridge, Charlton, Spencer, the Brookfields, Warren, Wales, Holland and Brimfield. For information or to request a scholar-ship application call 508-347-2761.

The Chamber does not discriminate against an applicant because of race, color, sex/gender, religion, national ori-gin, sexual orientation, disability, or homelessness. We must receive your application by the deadline. Please return your completed application, transcript, recommendations and stu-dent essay by April 1 to: Scholarship Committee, Chamber of Central Mass South, 46 Hall Rd., Sturbridge, MA 01566

Fun at Five Business Networking at Baba Sushi!

Mingle with local professionals in a casual setting, make new connections and friends at The Chamber’s March Fun at Five. We are very excited to bring the Fun to Baba Sushi on the eve-ning of Monday, March 11. We invite you to step into BABA. Feel the ener-gy. Seductive, Sophisticated, Cozy and Subdued. Modern Asian décor. Eclectic music. Enjoy the freshest, most innova-tive, mouthwatering sushi dishes any-where. This is a total sensory feast.

Enjoy spectacular hors d’oeuvres,

wine, beer and cocktails, chances to win awesome drawing prizes and the oppor-tunity to meet and mingle with our Members and guests at one of the area’s most creative dining destinations!

Wilson Wang, BABA’s master chef

and owner is Metrowest’s premier sushi innovator and showman. He has cre-ated a world-class dining experience. Classically trained in China at the Zibo Chef School and Shandong University

he came to the U.S. in 1995, where he trained under Master Sushi Chef Yen of the acclaimed Oishii Sushi Bar in Chestnut Hill, con-sistently voted “Best of Boston.” Wilson has been a master chef since 2001 and is well known in the area for his artistry.

Baba Sushi is located at 453 Main Street, (Route 20) in Fiskdale. Visit online at www.BabaSushiSturbridge.com or give them a call at 774-304-1068.

You can register for Fun at Five by email or phone. Call 508-347-2761 or email [email protected]. The cost is $10 for Members who pre-register, $15 at the door, or $20 for non-Members. We hope to see you there on the first busi-ness day of Daylight Savings Time!

Thank you to our March Fun at Five Sponsor, Country Bank. Country Bank made donations that exceeded one million dollars in 2018. The bank’s Charitable Giving program provided generous support to local non-profits; more than 400 organizations received donations last year. In addition, Country Bank’s Employee Charitable Giving Program raised more than $30,000 in 2018, through events such as jean days, bake sales and raffles. In 2018, the Country Bank team volunteered more than 1,100 hours of personal time at various events within our local com-munities. To learn more about Country Bank’s Charitable Giving Program, visit www.countrybank.com/about-us/

THE CHAMBER’S MISSIONThe Chamber of Central Mass South

is the leading advocate for business, pro-motes the success of its members, and enhances regional prosperity through networking, education, and promotion. Contact us today to find out more about the benefits of joining our dynamic organization! Follow the Chamber on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cms-chamber, on Twitter at twitter.com/ChamberofCMS and Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/cmschamber.

Contact: The Chamber of Central Mass South46 Hall Rd.Sturbridge, MA [email protected]

Apply today for CMS Chamber scholarships!

DENNIS ANTONOPOULOS

FinanCial FOCus

There have been many antique related new stories since my last update, includ-ing television and newspaper stories on the Durgin Park restaurant auction that we recently held.

Fox News report-ed that a collection of Indian motor-cycles was recent-ly unearthed in a Phoenix, Az. scra-pyard. Only a cou-ple of people were said to have known about the collection

before they were found in RJ&C Metal Fabricators after its owner Rickey Jensen passed away. The Springfield, Mass. manufactured Indian motorcy-cles, bicycles, clocks and advertising items generated strong bidding. A rare 1908 Single Camelback sold for $82,500. A 1929 Ace Four brought $88,000 and a red and white 1941 Four reached $71,500. The collection brought in half a million dollars.

An Army veteran from Bakersfield, Calif. lost his uniform three years ago. He believes that it may have been stolen when his family moved. Xenos Lopez served in the Army from 2004 to 2010 according to a CNN report. While shop-ping in a local antique store with his wife, he found his uniform being offered for sale. The couple approached the antique shop owner and showed him pictures of Lopez wearing the uniform. They planned to buy the uniform back but the shop owner told Lopez, “It’s yours, you earned it. Take it!”

An Edmonton, Alberta antique dealer will have plenty of stock to sell for some time. The Edmonton Journal reported that the Canadian dealer grew up watch-ing movies like “Indiana Jones” and enjoys adventure. When he was offered the opportunity to search through a dilapidated 100-year old farmhouse, he jumped at the opportunity. The family informed him that the house was a “a bit of a mess.” He found that it was a hoarding situation, but enjoyed search-

ing through the clutter and making good finds. He liked it so much that he offered to buy the house from the fami-ly, and they accepted his offer. He said that he’s found 40 pieces of artwork that were insured for between $5,000 and $10,000 each. Other items, he’s uncov-ered include soapstone carvings, model toys, and a number of antique pictures and books. A majority of the items are being donated or thrown away, but the dealer is finding enough treasures to make it worth handling all of the trash.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that items from a Berkeley, California restaurant commanded strong pric-es recently. An eight-foot-tall, blue Meiji-period cloisonné vase was the centerpiece at Spenger’s restaurant in Berkeley. The vase was shipped from Japan to the United States and exhibit-ed at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Frank Spenger Sr. then purchased it for his wife and, because of its large size, it was relocated to their restaurant. The vase was recently appraised at $30,000 to $50,000 but sold for $135,000 to a private buyer in New York. A 34.28 carat light yellow mine-cut diamond and platinum ring was also part of the Spenger estate. The ring was believed to have been first purchased by King Kalakaua of Hawaii

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WEBSTER — Known for her pas-sionate and dynamic live performances, iconic GRAMMY and Oscar-winning singer/songwriter and activist Melissa Etheridge will bring “The Medicine Show Tour” to Indian Ranch in Webster on Saturday, June 29. Tickets go on sale this Friday, Feb. 15th at 10 a.m.; the Insider’s Club Presale will take place Thursday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. at www.indianranch.com.

Etheridge will release her new album, “The Medicine Show,” out April 12 via Concord Records. Reunited with celebrated producer John Shanks (Keith Urban, Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson) she sounds as rousing as ever, bringing a new level of artistry to her 15th studio recording.

Etheridge comments, “Calling the album ‘The Medicine Show’ puts straight up, front and center, that this is about health, wellness, cannabis, this new thought, new paradigm, however you want to talk about it, however you want to understand it. It influences every song on the album. We’re not afraid of this anymore. We’ve come a long way.”

For the recording, Shanks teamed Melissa with drummer Victor Indrizzo, bassist Chris Chaney and keyboard-ist Max Hart. The sessions were done largely live in studio, capturing the raw emotion of the material, the perfor-mances rocking with bold colors.

Since the release of her unforgettable self-titled 1988 debut, Melissa Etheridge’s incredible career to date includes sales of over 25 million albums, five platinum

and three multi-platinum records, 15 GRAMMY Award nominations and 2 wins, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and an Academy Award for “I Need to Wake Up” from the climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” Her last release, MEmphis Rock & Soul, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Blues Chart. Etheridge has selfless-ly dedicated herself as an activist for human rights, LGBTQ issues, breast cancer awareness and alternative medi-cal approaches.

Indian Ranch offers music lovers a chance to see some of the greatest country, classic rock and pop bands steps from Lake Chargoggagogg man-chauggag oggchaubun agungamaugg. Nestled between pine trees, the amphi-theater offers the ability to see the stage from anywhere in the audience. More than a concert venue, Indian Ranch recently opened Samuel Slater’s Restaurant and is also home to the Indian Princess paddlewheeler and Indian Ranch Campground. Already on sale are Get The Led Out on July 27 ?;, Josh Turner on Aug. 4, Dwight Yoakam on August 18th, The Marshall Tucker Band on Aug. 25, and The Charlie Daniels Band on Sept. 15. More shows will be announced soon.

In addition, Insiders Club member-ships and GA Season Passes for the 2019 Summer Concert Series are on sale now. The Indian Ranch Insiders Club gives members exclusive access to buy tickets before they go on sale to the gen-eral public. GA Season Passes include a general admission ticket to every show

in the Indian Ranch Summer Concert Series. Both programs come with an array of other benefits and are available at www.indianranch.com.

Tickets for Melissa Etheridge Saturday, June 29th, 2019 go on sale Friday, February 15, 2019 at 10:00 AM. The Indian Ranch Insider Club Presale takes place Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 10:00 AM. Gates for Indian Ranch concerts open at 12:00 PM showtime is 1:00 PM unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available online at www.indian-ranch.com, by calling 1-800-514-ETIX

(3849) or at the Indian Ranch Box Office. The Indian Ranch Box Office is cur-rently open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10:00AM – 3:00PM. All events are rain or shine. No refunds. Indian Ranch is located at 200 Gore Road in Webster, MA outside of Worcester and less than an hour’s drive from Boston, Providence, Hartford and Springfield. For more information, visit www.indi-anranch.com.

• The Auburn news • 9 Friday, March 1, 2019

in 1887 after he obtained a bank loan. The king died soon after and the bank retained the ring. It was sold to a Texas buyer until Spenger eventually pur-chased it. It recently brought $530,000 at auction.

In more local restaurant auction news, the 1879 folk art pig sold well, but wasn’t the top selling item in our Durgin Park auction. The pig went for $4,100, but was surpassed by a group of Durgin Park matches which brought $4,400. The winning bidder plans to offer them to people who attend tours that he runs. Maybe the matches will help him strike up some new business.

Our next live auction antique auction

will be held on Feb. 28 in Worcester. I’ll be appraising items for the Quaboag Historical Society and East Brookfield Historical Commission on March 3rd at the East Brookfield Elementary School from noon to 3:00. I’ll be at the Bay Path Evening Adult Education in Charlton on March 12th to teach my “Evaluating Your Antiques” class. I’ll also be doing an appraisal at the Worcester Senior Center on March 20. Please see www.centralmassauctions.com for details on these events.

Contact us at: Wayne Tuiskula Auctioneer/Appraiser Central Mass Auctions for Antique Auctions, Estate Sales and Appraisal Services www.cen-tralmassauctions.com (508-612- 6111), [email protected]

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Ice fishing this past week was good for many anglers, and ice conditions were also good with more ice being made this week. Wallum Lake was a bit slow, but some anglers did manage to catch a few trout from the sometimes slow ice fishing at the lake. The absence of brood stock salm-on at Wallum has sent anglers in search of big bass at other fishing locations. Pike fish-ing anglers have also land-ed some impressive fish in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. (Note) All fish-ing at Wallum Lake in Douglas is an interstate body of water and closes to all fishing this Thursday Feb. 28. It will reopen on April 13.

The New England Saltwater Fishing Show will be held on March 22- 24 this year at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence. It is the largest saltwater fishing show in the Northeast and draws hundreds of saltwater anglers to the show annually to browse over the latest in saltwater fishing gear, or to book a fishing trip from one of Rhode Island charter cap-tains for the 2019 fishing sea-

son that have a booth at the show. Numerous seminars are held at the show annually by professional charter boat cap-tains, and they provide some of the best fishing information any angler can get.

Up to date information on this year’s saltwater fishing season and dates in Rhode Island, are always import-ant to anglers especially strip-er fishing anglers. Daily limits and fishing season dates on fluke and seabass are expect-ed to stay the same as of this past week, but that also could change according to reports by charter boat captains at this past week’s sportsmen’s show. Recreational seasons and bag limits should be avail-able at the show in late March. Haddock limits should remain the same in Mass. this year, with the season starting on April 15, 2019 unless last min-ute changes are made. The closed season for cod on the Gulf of Maine needs some serious input by anglers and Marine Fisheries. Reports of charter boat anglers catching many cod on every fishing trip that they go on should be a pos-itive sign that the cod stocks are rebounding. Hopefully, there can be a one or two fish limit for charter boat anglers soon. This week’s picture of two whale cod taken onboard a charter boat in Salisbury only eight years or so ago, is some-thing from the past. I doubt we will ever see that again in our generation.

“Fishing violations have

been updated & fines and penalties for saltwater fish-ing have been increased. On the criminal side many of the old fishing laws were so out-dated It seemed laughable and needed be changed,” the report stated. For example, the crim-inal fines for poaching river herring (last amended about a century ago) was just $5 to $ 50. Many sections of the law written over the last century had antiquated fines, and this needed to be changed and stiff-ened. “Now nearly all criminal violations will result in a con-sistent $400 to $10,000 fine, and up to two and a half years in jail,” the report stated.

Non Criminal tickets have been doubled, which now carry a fine of $100, $200 & $400. Environmental police officers can use discretion when writing a criminal or non-criminal citation for marine fisheries violations. The new laws already took effect on Nov. 7, 2018.

Commercial Striper and blue-fish quotas were not met in 2018 in Massachusetts. Commercial Bass anglers are held to a high-er size limit than recreational fishing anglers. Recreational size is 28 inches, while commer-cial anglers stripers need to measure 34 inches plus. Only 753,000 pounds of stripers were caught leaving 11 per-cent uncaught by commercial fishermen. Catch and release of stripers need some serious thought to insure there surviv-al, as mentioned in last weeks column. Only 40 percent of

the 486.539-pound quota for bluefish was met. Commercial quota shortfalls were seen in all states through-out the range suggesting a stock-wide down

turn on blue fish also. Take A Kid Fishing & Keep

Them Rods Bending!

Looking ahead to the saltwater season

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OuTdOOrs

Melissa Etheridge brings “Medicine Show” Tour to Indian Ranch

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SPORTS

BY KEN POWERSSPORTS CORRESPONDENT

AUBURN — The Groton-Dunstable Regional boys’ var-sity ice hockey team scored four consecutive goals to over-come a one-goal, late second-pe-riod deficit and the Crusaders went on to defeat the Auburn High co-op, 6-3, in the regular season finale for both teams on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Daniel S. Horgan Memorial Ice Rink.

The Rockets (11-8-1) grabbed a 2-1 lead with 1:33 to play in the second period on a goal by freshman Dillon Winkelmann, thanks to assists by seniors Cam Dungey and Ryan Slade. On the goal-scoring rush up ice the trio swapped the puck back and forth before Winkelmann blasted the puck past Ryan Mosscrop, the Crusaders’ soph-omore goalie.

Auburn, which also features players from Tantasqua and Shepherd Hill Regional, had tied the game, 1-1, with 2:06 left in the first period on a picture-perfect goal by senior Ryan Lempicki, who was set up by classmate John Rannikko. After a faceoff in the Groton-Dunstable end, which went to Rannikko in the high slot, Rannikko gained control of the puck, faked a shot and then slid a pass to his left to Lempicki, who sent a blistering shot past Mosscrop in to the upper left corner above Mosscrop’s stick.

Although that goal may have been pretty, Auburn head coach Glen Bombard was dis-pleased with his team’s lack of peppering the net.

“We did it to ourselves,” Bombard said of the loss. “We gotta make every goal look pretty. We hit more glass than we did net tonight, but it’s been like that every game. We keep telling them ‘get the puck to the net, get the puck to the net, get the puck to the net,’ but every-thing has got to be up; glass, glass, glass, glass. You don’t get points for glass.

“If we put three or four in the net in that second period — when we had the opportu-nities — it would have been game over,” Bombard contin-ued. “It would have been game, set, match. Instead we start running around taking dumb penalties, getting frustrated because we can’t control our-selves. We do it to ourselves. That’s just what it is.”

Groton-Dunstable (11-8-1) tied the game, 2-2, with 2.7 sec-onds left in the second peri-od when senior Ryan Cox poked the puck past Collin Winkelmann, Auburn’s senior

goalie, after a mad scramble right in front of the net involv-ing six skaters.

The Crusaders took the lead for good just 32 seconds into the third period, sophomore Jacob Figueroa scoring the first of his three third-period goals, off an assist from sophomore Nate Glencross. The Crusaders pushed their lead to 4-2 at the 8:59 mark of the period on a goal by Glencross, who was assisted by junior Brendan Ferrari.

Figueroa’s second goal of the period — on the power play — came with 3:11 left in the game, giving Groton-Dunstable a three-goal lead (5-2). Auburn ended the Crusaders’ goal-scor-ing streak with 1:12 to play on an unassisted goal by senior Caleb Mackin. Groton-Dunstable closed out the scor-ing with 27 seconds left in the game on Figueroa’s hat trick goal, with assists going to the freshmen T.J. Sannazzaro and Hunter Woolfrey.

With the playoffs looming, Bombard is still looking for the Rockets to play a full game.

“I thought tonight we skated hard at times here and there but it just wasn’t a full 45 [min-utes],” Bombard said. “The first period we only played 10 minutes, and we dominated the 10 minutes that we played. In the second period we came out and we probably played anoth-er 10. We play 25 minutes a game, 30 minutes a game; that just isn’t going to cut it.

“You’ve got to play 45, you’ve got to play physical and you’ve got to keep your head,” Bombard continued. “It’s a known fact that if you’re going to spend time in the box killing penalties all night long you’re not going to win.”

Bombard said despite the dis-appointment of the loss, the Rockets can come back and have a strong showing in the postseason.

“It’s up to them; it comes down to them,” Bombard said about his players. “If they start listening to the coaches, maybe we’ll win some games. But, until that happens, we’re not going to go very far.”

Auburn will have that chance on Saturday, March 2 when they take on Algonquin Regional in the quarterfinals of the Central Mass. Division 3 Tournament. The sixth seeded Rockets will play the game at the NorthStar Youth Forum in Westborough at 7:10 p.m., where the third ranked Tomahawks (13-4-3) call home.

Rockets don’t play full 45 minutes in loss to Groton-Dunstable

Jason Mckay photos

Auburn’s Ryan Lempicki makes contact with the puck on his slap shot while Groton-Dunstable’s Cameron Hardy defends.

John Rannikko of Auburn catches a pass and maneuvers the puck down the ice.

Auburn’s Dillon Winkelmann skates to the bench and receives congratulations from his teammates after scoring a goal.

Caleb Mackin of Auburn shoots the puck as Groton-Dunstable defender Cory Hannemann tries to block it.

Auburn’s Anusauskas medals at All-State Track Championships

Auburn High senior Ally Anusauskas finished eighth in the one-mile run at the MIAA Indoor Track and Field All-State Championships, crossing the finish line in 5:11.68. That finish gave Anusauskas a medal, as the top eight finishers earned points for their respective teams in their respective events.

SportS Brief

Drew Darger of Auburn finds open ice to skate the puck into Groton-Dunstable’s zone.

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SPORTS

BY KEN POWERSSPORTS CORRESPONDENT

OXFORD — After honor-ing half of its roster — Gina Parmenter, Felicity Steiger, Jennifer Murphy, Erin Caisse and Madison Kahn — during pregame Senior Night festiv-ities, it took the Oxford High girls’ varsity basketball team three quarters to play the kind of basketball that has become the signature of this 14-6 sea-son.

In the final eight minutes the Pirates did what they do — trap and press on defense — and it led to steals, turn-overs and layups and result-ed in an 18-point margin of victory, Oxford defeating the Rockets, 54-36, at Roger Bacon Gymnasium on Wednesday, Feb. 20.

“The fourth quarter, that’s our quarter; we take off in the fourth quarter,” said Parmenter, who finished with a game-high 23 points. “We keep the pressure on our oppo-nent in the fourth quarter. We know the fourth quarter is our strength so we just go with it.”

Parmenter, who, with 1,578 points (and counting) is the sec-ond-leading scorer all-time in Oxford High history, said the pregame festivities did result in the Pirates turning in an uneven performance through the first three quarters.

“Senior Night was harder than I thought it would be, emotionally, but it felt nice,” said Parmenter, who will con-tinue her academic and athletic careers in the fall at Fitchburg State University. “I didn’t expect to feel the emotions that I felt during the ceremony.”

Oxford — 14-6 overall and 6-5 in Southern Worcester County League (SWCL) play — scored just six points in the first peri-od and led by three as play

entered the second quarter. The Pirates began their return to form in the period by out-scoring the Rockets, 17-9, to take a 23-12 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Auburn (7-13 overall, 4-7 in the SWCL) carved into the Oxford lead in the third quar-ter, scoring seven straight points to turn a 14-point deficit (26-12 with 6:26 left in the peri-od) into a seven-point deficit (26-19 with 4:23 remaining in the third). The Pirates, how-ever, closed the quarter on a 9-3 run to lead, 35-22, as played headed to the final eight min-utes.

Oxford broke the game open in the fourth quarter, using a 15-2 run to forge ahead, 50-26, with three minutes remaining in the game. Parmenter had seven points in the run while freshman Olivia Clarkson (nine points) added six more.

Joe Pietrzak, the Pirates’ fifth-year head coach, was pleased with all his team accom-plished — against Auburn and so far this season.

“To win 14 games in the reg-ular season is a big deal for us. It’s the first time it’s happened since these seniors were kin-dergarteners,” Pietrzak said. “It’s been 13 years since that’s happened, so it was a big game for us in that regard, but also for seeding. We’re still battling for a No. 9 or No. 10 seed. I don’t know if we’re going to get a home game in the tournament though because Division 3 is stacked.

Oxford eventually wound up with the 10th seed and will travel to No. 7 Tyngsborough High (16-4) in a District first round matchup to be played after press time.

“The fourth quarter is the way we want to play going forward,” Pietrzak said,

re-focusing on the win over Auburn. “We went to the 1-3-1 and pressed and trapped and that created a couple of turn-overs and we were able to get some easy buckets, which was important because sometimes we struggle in our half-court offense. Sometimes we tend to stand around and watch.”

Auburn was led in scoring by senior Semran Sahota, who scored 10 points, and classmate Tori Murphy, who added eight. Rockets’ head coach Nicole LePrevost was pleased with her team’s will as Auburn bat-tled throughout the game.

“We kept pushing through-out the game but we lost confi-dence late in the third period,” LePrevost said. “We missed a couple of layups, a couple of gimmes — and I saw their heads dip — and then it became a bad domino effect. But they fought; they fought to the very end.

“Now we need to focus on our offseason work. I’ll be stressing to my team the importance of working on our footwork and getting shots up during the off-season,” LePrevost added. “We need to improve our offense for next year and what that comes down to is taking tons of shots in the offseason. Working in the offseason is where you indi-vidually get better. Then you bring all those skills together as a team during the season.”

After the Oxford game LePrevost took a quick moment to reflect on the just-completed season.

“I think the season had its ups and downs, for sure, but I think my girls worked until the end,” LePrevost said. “The sea-son was like tonight; it didn’t always go our way but they didn’t hang their heads and pack it in.”

Pirates defeat Auburn, head to District Tournament play

Rockets conclude season with 7-13 RecoRd

Tori Murphy of Auburn bumps into Oxford defender Felicity Steiger while going up for a layup.

Jason Mckay photos

Auburn’s Izzy Therrien drives around an Oxford defender while another one stands in her path.

Auburn’s Semran Sahota steals the ball away from an Oxford player.

Izzy Therrien of Auburn evades two Oxford defenders while driving in for a layup.

Auburn’s Izzy Therrien launches a pass down the court while Oxford’s Olivia Clarkson reaches in.

Molly Cutting of Auburn receives a high-five from head coach Nicole LePrevost while on her way to the bench.

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ObituariesWEBSTER –

Theresa M. (Sydor) Tremblay, 91, died Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at home sur-rounded by her fam-ily. Her husband of 62 years, Alexander A. Tremblay died in 2011.

She leaves a son, Robert M. Tremblay, Sr. and his wife Patricia J. Tremblay with whom she lived; a daughter, Sandra M. and her husband Robert P. Guzas, Sr. of Nashua, NH; 7 grandchildren, Robert Guzas,

Jr., Daniel Guzas and his wife Audrey, Brian Guzas and his wife Emily, David Guzas and his wife Jill, Robert Tremblay, Jr., Julie Tremblay and Michael Tremblay; 8 great-grandchil-dren, Angelique, Abigail, Evan, Martin, Gabriella, Diana, Cora and Mary; a sis-ter, Bernice “Bunny” Pieleski of North Grafton. Theresa is predeceased by her brother Theodore Sydor and sister Gladys Rembiszewski.

She was born in Worcester, the daugh-ter of Walter and Bernice (Rodnick) Sydor. She graduated from Auburn High School in 1947.

Theresa worked as an inventory clerk at Command Bearing in Auburn and also was a sales clerk for Filene’s in Worcester and for Shack’s in the Auburn Mall retiring in 2009.

She was an active member of Saint Joseph’s Church in Auburn, belonging to the Women’s Club and the Baptism Ministry. She enjoyed shopping, cook-ing, cleaning, and spending time at the beach. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family.

A funeral Mass was held on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at 11:00 am at Saint Louis Church, 14 Lake

Street, Webster, MA (Please meet at church). Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. The fam-ily requests donations in her memory be made to either: Overlook Hospice, 88 Masonic Home Road, Charlton, MA 01507 or to the Alzheimer’s Association 309 Waverley Oaks Rd, Waltham, MA 02452. Arrangements are under the direction of Scanlon Funeral Service, 38 East Main Street, Webster.

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12 STEP PROGRAM: Christian 12 Step Program for Men and Women 7-8:15 p.m. every Tuesday at Faith Baptist Church, 22 Faith Ave, Auburn. Do you feel your life/relationships/habits are spinning out of control? A Christian 12 Step Program is the key to Christ and life providing abundance, blessing and grace. Come as you are or contact (508) 832-5044 x 155 for information.

SUICIDE PREVENTION: Attempted Suicide Prevention Group. Held each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at St Bernard’s Church, 236 Lincoln St., Worcester Gym Entrance Side, second floor meet-ing room. Parking & T services. Weekly facilitator, inspirational speaker, founder Dan Pelly, two time attempt-ed suicide survivor. Your life matters, never give up. No charge. More info at (617) 592-5081.

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MUSEUM HOURS: The Auburn Historical Museum, 41 South St. is open Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon, and Saturday 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Admission is free to see a variety of artifacts and memo-rabilia concerning Auburn as far back as when it was known as the town of Ward. All are welcome to come. For more information contact Sari Bitticks at [email protected].

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and find healing and hope for the future in a friendly, confidential setting. We meet Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m., beginning Feb. 1 at Faith Church, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. Call (508) 832-5044 or email [email protected] for more information.

NUMISMATICS: Looking for a new hobby? Come learn about the hobby of Coin Collecting. Or maybe you are an old time collector. Our club, the Nipmuc Coin Club, has both. We learn from each other through our monthly guest speakers, show and tell presenta-tions, monthly coin auctions and free attendance prizes. Our group loves to share their knowledge with each other. About half of our members also like to eat. Each month we have a simple din-ner with dessert and refreshments just prior to our meeting, which allows us time to socialize too. We meet the fourth Wednesday of each month starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Oxford Senior Center located at 323 Main St. in Oxford. It is the building directly behind the Oxford

Town Hall building. For more informa-tion, please contact Dick Lisi at (508) 410-1332 or [email protected].

STORY TIME: Open Story Time will be held 4:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Auburn Public Library. No regis-tration required. Please drop in. Open to all ages. For information, call (508) 832-7790.

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BY JASON BLEAU VILLAGER CORRESPONDENT

CHARLTON – The Charlton Board of Selectmen has made a change to the designation of one of its town employee posi-tions, officially changing the Highway Superintendent title to Department of Public Works Director despite the town not having an actual DPW.

The change comes as a result of changing responsibilities according to Town Administrator Robin Craver who present-ed the detail of the proposed position change at a Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

“The need for a revised job description is due to other duties being added such as tree removal and pruning, main-tenance of recreation fields and parks and trails. He will be taking over the mowing contract and winter maintenance for the town facilities. These additional duties were not pre-viously carried out by the highway department thus a new designation of Department of Public Works is being utilized to encompass the varied roles and responsibilities added to the department,” Craver said.

The Personnel Board met on Feb. 4 and supported the title change as well as the new roles associated with the position. Gerry Foskett will continue to serve I the position with the new title. The pay for the position has also been increased from an annual salary of $91,332.80 to $101,332,80.

Considering that Charlton does not have an actual DPW the Board of Selectmen made it clear that their intent of renaming the position is not to supersede any forthcoming discussions that may involve creating a Department of Public Works. Selectmen instead called it a “rebranding” of a single position with selectman David Singer calling it a “natural progression” for Charlton.

“With the way the town is growing and everything we’re doing with the police department and the growth of the fire department, we have three essential services, police, fire, and highway is the other one. It fits everything else we’re doing and the way the town is growing to begin moving in that direction,” Singer said.

The DPW Director will not inherit cemetery or water and sewer responsibilities. Those will remain within their own departments. The change in job title and description were approved unanimously by the Board of Selectmen.

Charlton adopts new DPW Director Title

BY JASON BLEAU TIMES CORRESPONDENT

DUDLEY – Due to recent confusion over pay increases among town employees, the town of Dudley is implementing changers to its merit and pay adjustment policies, effective immediately.

Town Administrator Greg Balukonis appeared before the Personnel Board on Tuesday, Feb. 19, where he presented pro-posed alterations to town poli-cies that would better explain how employees receive wage increases during their time working for the town. Part of the reason for the change was the reaction Balukonis received from concerned employees when he returned from a recent vacation where town employees bombarded Balukonis with a series of complaints concerning pay.

“We really need clarification because what happened was, the merit increases got announced at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting, so what had been a very smooth, seamless pro-cess for four years came under fire,” Balukonis said. “I was on vacation and I came back to an absolute firestorm where people were angry about pay increases. I hadn’t seen that, and that’s why these things got put togeth-er.”

The alterations to the policy incudes two pieces, the first changing the language in refer-

ence to merit increases and the second clarifying the pay adjust-ment policy. Combined they serve to show how employees will only receive one increase or the other in most every circum-stance.

The first change in terms of merit increases makes eligibili-ty based on an employee’s com-pletion of objectives during the previous full fiscal year, mak-ing it a true performance-based increase.

“One of the issues that we ran across with the most recent round of merit increases was there were employees that were here for a very short period of time and they felt slighted that they didn’t receive a merit increase. People who were here for two or three months felt that they would be entitled to a significant increase. I sat down and I met with them and one of the things that came out of it is that we provide language that clarifies their eligibility for an increase,” Balukonis said.

The second piece involves pay adjustments which refers to the recent trend in Dudley to try and make the town more competi-tive. Dudley already offers cost of living increases and merit increase eligibility, but this pol-icy clarifies how certain posi-tions can receive wage increases based on comparable communi-ties.

“Now that the Town Administrator bylaw has been approved by a town meeting

and the Attorney General, I put in language that made a new section called pay adjustments that will be added to ‘Pay and Benefit’ section which says that the Personnel Board may consid-er requests for pay adjustments upon recommendation of the Personnel Director,” Balukonis said. “Pay adjustments shall consider the employees com-pensation rate in comparison to comparable communities. The Personnel Director shall require a compensation survey be com-pleted as part of a pay adjust-ment request.”

The policy also exempts those who receive a pay adjustment from receiving merit increases for that fiscal year, balancing out the misconceptions that may have plagued the town in recent months.

The Personnel Board accepted the changes to the policy with Board Chair Peter Fox saying he hopes this will clarify things for employees going forward and that the Town Administrator won’t have to deal with the “firestorm” he returned to in the foreseeable future.

“I can honestly say, I felt bad for Greg when he came back from vacation,” Fox said. “There’s some good that came out of this because we revised the policy and we clarified the language so that next year there shouldn’t be any questions what-soever.”

Dudley clarifies employee merit and pay adjustment policies

BY JASON BLEAU TIMES CORRESPONDENT

DUDLEY/CHARLTON - It’s been nearly two months since the Dudley Charlton Regional School District hired the Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools (MARS) to explore reorganization of the district offices and now the district has its first idea of what MARS will be looking into in the com-ing weeks and months.

Steve Hemman, the Assistant Executive Director of MARS, appeared before the school committee on Wednesday, Feb. 13 to share the first finding of the organization as they have begun interviews and studies exploring how the district can better organize its offices and positions to suit student needs.

According to Hemman, MARS repre-sentatives have visited the district four times over the last month and a half and have found the staff to be “positive” about the future of the district. They have also worked through job descrip-tions and responsibilities and their first

major find is that the district could improve its approach to cross training employees. Hemman also revisited ini-tial concerns that he district needs a more organize hierarchy as it appears too many department heads report directly to the superintendent.

“You can’t have fourteen people com-ing in every time for something to hap-pen and the superintendent has got to handle it. You really need to start at a certain level like with the director of finance. You’re also dealing with com-puters and technology and who they should see if they’re having a problem,” Hemman said later, adding to his state-ments. “We see people who are very dedicated and who are caring. You’ve got around three thousand eight hun-dred kids and 700 employees, a little less than that. You’ve got a lot of responsi-bilities so you need to be organized so that you can take care of the students, the teachers, your citizens, parents and so forth. We’re going to make some rec-ommendations on that.”

Paul Gagliarducci, a consultant for

MARS, accompanied Hemman for the discussion, and commented on the need for cross training plans and better preparedness for a brief or extended absence for professionals in different areas of the district and schools.

“I think one of the things that we noticed that needs to be discussed at some length is the notion of there are a number of key positions where if a person leaves for an illness there is not a backup and I do think that’s an issue that needs to be addressed regardless of whatever position the board takes,” Gagliarducci said.

He also added to Hamman’s compli-ments about the district, stating that any issues that need to be resolved are not the result of poor work ethic on the part of educators.

“You have a lot of people who sup-port each other, and people who have taken on responsibilities when maybe it didn’t fit their job description. You have a number of people like that. You have a couple positions that the job itself is not necessarily related to what the job

title says. If we make a recommenda-tion we would say, for example, this job right now should probably be done by a person and a half and right now it’s only being done by one. That’s because a partial part of that person’s job is not related to the main function of what that person does,” Gagliarducci added.

MARS plans to continue to provide updates to the school committee as their study of the district continues. Both Gagliarducci and Hamman noted that they are aware of the budget con-straints of the district and part of their goal is to form recommendations that fit within the realistic capabilities of the schools.

“We are very acutely aware of (the budget situation) but we also need to be up front and say these are some of the things you really need to think about to get your money’s worth out of us,” Hamman said.

In the end, their ultimate goal is to help make the district a more organized and well-oiled machine than it already is.

MARS gives first report in examination of Dudley-Charlton School District

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Many homeowners wish for expansive kitchens. Modernized kitchens that include sought after fea-tures and showcase the latest trends go a long way to improving the overall value of a home.

As desirable as such kitchens may be, some homes simply don’t have enough space for a cen-terfold-worthy kitchen featuring an island, wine refrigerator and walk-in pantry. However, home-owners with small kitchens can still improve the form and function of their existing spaces.

Reconfigure and revamp cabinetryHomeowners whose kitchens are small often

lament their lack of storage. Redesigning the lay-out of cabinets, and possibly adding some more cabinetry, may take care of certain storage issues.

The experts at Merit Kitchens suggest utilizing corner space with LeMans units, lazy susans and other gadgets to make access to these areas easier. Going vertical with wall cabinets that extend to the ceiling also can add more storage, as can roll-in work carts.

Work with the wallsSmall kitchens require clever usage of vertical

space. Vertical storage units, hooks, shelving, and more can move items out of drawers and off of counters. Consider an under-the-cabinet toaster oven and microwave to create more counter space.

Use scaled-down appliancesShop with size in mind when looking at new

appliances if you have a small kitch-en. Compact versions won’t take up as much space as larger alternatives. Homeowners should consider the ulti-mate function of the kitchen and then think about which appliances will serve them well. Homeowners with small kitchens may not need a large stand mixer or an oversized commercial stove.

Add some glassThe DIY Network recommends incor-

porating glass to improve the percep-tion of space in small kitchens. Glass lets you see through the objects, thereby enhancing the feeling of spaciousness or what designers call “negative space.” Glass also can be reflective, visually expanding the space.

Embrace high-end materialsIt costs less to renovate small spaces

than bigger areas, so homeowners may be able to afford high-end materials that really add personality to a kitchen. Flooring, counter materials and quality

fixtures can really set small kitchens apart.

Small kitchens can be culinary havens with the right improve-ments to maxi-mize the space.

Friday, March 1, 2019B Section

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1971 Chevy Impala Con-vertible 400 2 barrel carb with89,000 miles, 1 owner, runssmooth, new top in 2012, ask-ing $8,000 or best offer 508-885-6878

1987 BMW 325i Convertible,red with black leather interior,153,000 miles and in good con-dition, no rust, newer top, needsa tune-up. $4100 or B/O, Adam508-735-4413

1998 Mercedes Benz SL500convertible and removable hard-top. Red to keep you young! Per-fect condition. $14,000 508-885-6988

2001 CAD EL DORADO TC72,000 miles. Must see! $11,0007 Hartley Street, Webster, Mass.

2002 BMW 525iA. $3995. CallRay for more details. 508-450-5241

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA S$3995. Call Ray for more info.508-450-5241

2010 MAZDA M3 iSV. $6800.Call Ray 508-450-5241

Black 2011 Honda Fit Sport, 5-speed automatic 73,000 miles,very good condition. Asking$8,000 508-341-7644

F250 work truck, 2012, RWD,71K, equipped with aluminumflatbed with fold-down sides. Re-cent brakes, battery, ac com-pressor, tires, 10 ply. Ready towork. 10,000 GVW. $17,000508-943-1941 or 508-320-2765

RED 1971 MUSTANG MACH 1in good condition. 302 enginewith automatic transmission.Lots of new parts. Call eric at508-987-2628. Serious buyersonly.

740 MOTORCYCLES1991 HARLEY DRESSER:55,000 Miles. Runs Great!$4,500 or Will Trade for Car ofequal Value. BASS BOAT16 1/2ft LuND Very Good Con-dition! MANY eXTRAS $3,750O.B.O. Call for info (508) 943-5797, Cell (508) 353-9722

2002 HARLEY DAVIDSONELECTRA-GLIDE FLHT38,340 miles, asking $6,000508-277-8745

2005 YAMAHA V-STAR 1100CLASSIC, PEARL-WHITEHasall options- hardbags, windshield,custom seats/exhaust, backrest,floor-boards. 20,000 well-main-tained miles. Great looking & per-forming bike. $3500 OBO 774-289-4550

740 MOTORCYCLES

BMW MOTORCYCLE, rareK75 (4-stroke in-line 3 cylmotor), 1995. Mileage 10,800(tires have about 1K wear)color: silver (#705). Asking$5,200. Accessories: 3rd gen-eration saddlebags with keysand insert bags, tail rack,Monoshock upgraded to YSSdialed to 250 lbs. Adjustable -all documents. Original toolsetand bike manual. OeM wind-shield, Corbin low seat, Tricklecharger, heated handgrips.This bike was stored in agarage for many years and isin like-new condition. Cruisesbetween 60-80 with no effortand accelerates 0 to 60 in 4.5seconds. A true 3-seasonmiler! 508-943-1790 or [email protected]

745 RECREATIONAL

VEHICLES

2007 TRAVEL WILD RV Auto,White, ONLY $8,995. HerbChambers Toyota of Auburn,809 Washington Street, Auburn,MA (877) 906-1649

2016 RIVERSIDE TRAVELTRAILER RETRO WHITEWA-TER MODEL 195 bought new,used twice in new condition w/extras; must give up camping.Asking $13,900 860-779-3561

750 CAMPERS/TRAILERS

5TH -WHEEL HITCH, 1 yr old,for Chevy or GMC, $700, Chevy5th-Wheel tailgate, good condi-tion $200, 5 trailer tires 235/80/16R on mag wheels, like new$800 Marc 508-847-7542

760 VANS/TRUCKS2000 GMC 2500 SIERRA 4-door cab & 1/2, 4-wheel drive, norot, with plow + truck mount slide-in Fleetwood Alcorn camper(2001) w/bath, fridge, a/c, kitch-enette. $5900 508-341-6347

2006 Ford E150 Van, good con-dition. 65,952 miles, $3,300 Call508-765-4738 x 322

8’ PLOW - three cable hook, ingood condition. $700 or bestoffer. Call Jim at 774-317-0628.No texting please.

767 VEHICLES WANTEDJunk Cars Wanted. HighestCASH payouts. No title/keys ok.Free pick up. Please contact860-935-2770

ARTICLES FOR SALE

010 FOR SALE

2008 ZODIAC and 14’CANOE, excellent condition.ACTi-V 9’4”, electric pump/allaccessories, air floor. 2009Honda 8HP, serviced. $2,195Canoe: oars/ seats, no leaks.$275 860-983-0800 Sturbridge

225 GALLON WATERSTORAGE TANK - used 6months. $350 508-867-2523

24 FOOT POOL, ABOVE-GROUND, 4 years old, filter,motor, all supplies included (ex-cept liner) Ready to go $950 orbest offer 508-498-0166 leavemessage

ABOVE-GROUND SWIM-MING POOL, 24’ x 54”, filtersystem, 1 season. $1,000 orbest offer. 508-943-8769

ACORN STAIRLIFT - 3.5years old; like new condition.11 feet long. Asking $1400 orbest offer. Call 508-277-6568 ifinterested.

ANGLE IRON CUTTER ForShelving 4W296, HK Potter2790. Normally Sells For $700.$50 OBO. Call 5pm-8:30pm,(508)867-6546

Beautiful Southwestern stylesectional sofa, gently used, L-shape 112” x 86” Please call toset up time to view 508-885-9962. $150 firm.

BUNK BEDS, black (youth)with mattresses (includes like-new bedding) $350. Other furni-ture also available. Call Pat 508-949-9049

COFFEE & TWO END TA-BLES- Cherry finish w/glasstops. Very good condition.$125 Call 508-735-2560

Couch, 84 inches long. Darkred fabric with pillows, good con-dition. $150. 508-410-5167

CUB CADET SNOWBLOWER.13hp Tecumseh OHV. 45 in.width, trigger steering, 6 FRWD, 2ReV, new condition. Hardly used!$1,600.00. 508-347-3775

ELECTRICAL MATERIAL:industrial, Commercial, Resi-dential. Wire, Pipe, Fittings, Re-lays, Coils, Overloads, Fuses,Breakers, Meters, Punches,Pipe-Benders. New RecessedTroffer, Flourescent 3-Tube T-8277V Fixtures enclosed $56each. Call 5pm-8:30pm.(508)867-6546

FLY RODS - 2 ALBRiGHTA/5 490 9 FT. #4 RODS. 2Orvis reels Battenkill BBS ii.Asking $200 each set or bestoffer. 508-347-3145

FOR SALE - 4 BEE HIVES, 2Smokers, 2 Frame Grips, 3 HiveTools, 3 Jacketas, Winter Patty,Summer Patty, electric Knife,Capping Scratcher, Heat Gun,2 Frame extractor, FrameSpacer, Bee Brush, Smoke Ma-terial, Bottling Bucket, Kit. CallDick at 508-832-1748

GARAGE CLEARANCE: AR-TiFiCAL CHRiSTMAS TRee,bush trimmer, glass top table,etc. 508-728-5559 (Spencer)

GARDEN MANURE, deliv-ered. 4 yards, $130. CallPrindle Hill Farm 508-320-3273 or 508-248-7335

LETTER PRESS COMMER-CIAL PRINTING EQUIPMENT- all together, poster press14”x22”, job press 10”x15”, Sey-bold paper cutter (extra blade)25”x36”, wooden type cabinet,12 draws of type, 1 lead cutting-saw, hand tool equipment, 2steel draw cabinets. (will not sellseparately) $5,000. 508-764-4458

LIVE BAIT FOR ICE FISHINGopen 24/7. Spencer. 508-885-9569

MOVING - MUST SELL 3piece electric reclining livingroom set, brown. $300 free-pedestal table w/4 chairs 508-612-6485

010 FOR SALE

Motorcycle Gear: Harley David-son Women’s black leatherjacket Size L $100. Women’sLeather chaps by CDi RidingGear size-M $50. 2 HarleyDavidson women’s vests 1 tan,1 black $50. each; Men’s Wid-der electric heat vest size 42$25. Ladies Hudson Leathervest size L $25. HJC full facehelmet yellow and grey brandnew size S, $75. HJC full facegrey helmet size XS, used $25.Ladies Tour Master rain gearsize L yellow and black $50.Call:413-245-6530

MOTORS: 1/2HP 230/460V1725RPM, 56 Frame $30. 5HP,230/460V 1740RPM, 184TFrame/TeFC $100. 5HP,230/460V 3495RPM, 184TFrame/TeFC $100. 4 MotorSpeed Controls Hitachi J100,400/460V Best Offer. Call 5pm-8:30pm 508-867-6546

queen size bedroom set, darkcherry, includes bed frame,headboard, 2 bureaus, one endtable $500. Also lighter ovaltable with leaf and 4 cushionchairs, solid wood. $200. 508-885-2262.

SMALL BUREAU $75.Printer’s Antique Drawers $20Per. Fake Brick Fireplace WithHeater $140 Kitchen Chairs.Spare Tire P225/60r16 eagleGA With Rim $45 Vanity Table& Chair $135. Car Sunroofs$100. Per. Homemade PineCoffee Table & 2 end Tables$100. Antique Lamp Jug $40.Antique Croquet Set $40. WoodTruck Ramps 8 Foot $100.00.Drop Leaf Cart $50. end TableW/Drawer $50. end TableW/Drawer $60. elvis Presley Sil-houette $50 (he talks!), indiancanvas painting $60, 9 golf clubs$100, Call 1-508-764-4458 or 1-774-452-3514

***********************SNOW PLOW, Myers, 61/2’all controls and lights, greatcondition. Can be seen atOld Cider Mill, Rt. 9, WestBrookfield or call 774-232-9382************************

SNOW TIRES, PIRELLI245/45R19/102V M+S, 250miles, $1000, 508-564-3556

TOOL SHEDS Made of Texture1-11: 8x8 $1075 8x10 $1260;8x12 $1350; 8x16 $1675 Deliv-ered, Built On-Site. Other SizesAvailable. CALL (413) 324-1117

Transport chair, excel Deluxeby Medline 19” seat, up to 300lbs. used once. 508-637-1304

VIKING RANGE, PROFES-SIONAL SERIES, propanegas, 6-sealed burner, 36” in-frared broiler, as new, never lit,still in original packaging, w/tags.Model VCGSC-5366BSS,trades considered. $4,600 508-865-7470

WE’VE MOVED! Light oak din-ing-room table w/6 chairs & 2leaves, Oak entertainment Ctr.,various size lamps, small elec-tronics & more. No reasonableoffer refused. Call 413-896-7047Sturbridge area.

WHITE OUTDOOR PROD-UCTS SNOWBLOWER. 10hpTecumseh, two stage, 30 in.width. electric start, well main-tained! $600.00. 508-347-3775

100 GENERAL

105 BULLETIN BOARD

VOLUNTEER NEEDED toshovel sidewalk & back porchfor elderly person in Leicesterduring the winter. 508-868-5953, please leave message.

107 MISC. FREE

Free construction wood andkindling wood; beams, ply-wood, 2x4x, 2x6s, 2x8s, goodfor woodstoves, not for building.Clean. Delivery possible. Ask forJ.D. 413-262-5082

110 NOVENAS

St. Joseph of Cupertino: Youare the patron saint for any testtaker. i prayed to you both witha novena and prayer, you gra-ciously answered my prayers.My son passed his test. Thankyou.A very grateful mother.L.B.

130 YARD SALES

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YARD SALESUBMISSIONS IS NOON MONDAY

FOR ALL MASS. WEEKLY

PAPERSDeadline subject to

change due to holidaysCall for more info********************

ESTATE SALE March 2 & 3,9am-5pm (Sat) & 10-3 (Sun) 10Konkel Drive, Dudley. Furniture,BBq grill, glassware, misc.everything must go! No offer re-fused, last weekend.

FURNITURE SALE 8 Don-nelly Rd., Spencer, Mass.01562, 9am to 4pm or by ap-pointment. Start Date: March4th through March 14th.Please call 1-508-868-4291 tomake an appointment.

135 LOST AND FOUND

LOST – Gold necklace with goldcross and mis-shapened men’swedding ring with small dia-monds. Lost in Big Y/Spencerarea on February 13. Greatsentimental value. Reward of-fered. 508-892-0186

200 GEN. BUSINESS

205 BOATS

17’ fishing boat w/trailer w/out-board 85 HP motor. Needs a lit-tle work. Call Ray for details.774-230-2190 or 774-200-8342leave message. $3900 for all.

CANOE - 17’ GRUMMANALUMINUM, flat bottom. idealfor fishing and family fun. $850.Call Sue 860-412-9632

265 FUEL/WOOD

FIREWOOD: Cut, Split & Deliv-ered. Green Wood LotsWanted. Call Paul (508) 769-2351

281 FREE PETS

FREE CAT TO GOOD HOME- rescued, beautiful cream &gray tabby, approx, 2 years old.Shy but extremely affectionate.Need quiet home - good for sin-gle or elderly. Dudley. 774-200-8776

283 PETS

FIVE POMCHI PUPPIES 2 fe-males, 1 male, 8 weeks old. Vetchecked and 1st shots. $750Call or text Pam 508-662-7741

284 LOST & FOUND

PETS

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287 FEED

HAY FOR SALE - $4 a baleoff wagon (pick up only), cash508-826-3312

298 WANTED TO BUY

LEE’S COINS & JEWELRY $ BUY & SELL $ ALLGOLD & SILVER ITEMSSpecializing in NUMIS-MATIC COINS, BullionItems, gold & silver ofany form! qualified withover 30 years experience& a following of many sat-isfied customers. We alsosell a nice selection of finejewelry, antiques & col-lectibles. Bring in youritems & see what they’reworth. You won’t leave disappointed. Honestyand fairness are our bestpolicies! Lee’s Coins &Jewelry, 239 West MainStreet, east Brookfield(Route 9 - Panda GardenPlaza) (508) 637-1236 or(508)341-6355 (cell)

WANTED: 24’ Pontoon Boat &trailer (used). Webster area.617-750-0969

WAR RELICS & WAR SOUVENIRSWANTED:WWii& eARLieR CA$H WAiTiNG!Helmets, Swords, Daggers, Bay-onets, Medals, Badges, Flags,uniforms, etc. Over 40 Years Ex-perience. Call David 1-(508)688-0847. i’ll Come ToYOu!

300 HELP WANTED

Floating Head Teller/CSRPutnam Bank is seeking an en-thusiastic individual to fill theFloating Head Teller/CSR posi-tion. The successful candidatewill provide a high level of cus-tomer service, branch coverageas a supervisor, and process avariety of customer transactions.A flexible work schedule and re-liable transportation for travel toany of our branch locations in-cluding our supermarket branchis required. A minimum of 4years branch and supervisoryexperience is required. We offeran excellent salary and benefitpackage. interested candidatesmay submit their resume andsalary requirements to: PutnamBank, 40 Main Street, Putnam,CT 06260 Attention: HumanResources Department Oremail: [email protected] eOe/AA

310 GENERAL HELP

WANTED

Donut baker/ finisherwanted for part-time/full-timeovernight hours. Baker musthave experience. Call or applyDippin Donuts, 32 West MainStreet, Dudley Mass.

310 GENERAL HELP

WANTED

FOSTER PARENTS WANTED: Seeking QualityHomes Throughout CentralMA To Provide Foster CareTo Children In Need. 24/7Support. Generous Reim-bursement. $1000 Sign-On Bonus. Call For Details. Devereux Therapeutic Fos-ter Care. (508)829-6769

Looking for someone to sandand finish hardwood floors; noexperience necessary, will train.Must have a driver’s license.$16 an hour to start. ContactAnn at MJ Bliss HardwoodFlooring 508- 832-6533.

STURBRIDGE SUMMERRECREATION PROGRAMemployment Opportunities: 1 Director $16.64/ hour. 4 Life-guards $12.67/ hour. 2 Tennisinstructors $12/ hour. 2Playleaders $12/ hour. 1 Art in-structor $12/ hour. Applicationsavailable at Sturbridge Recre-ation Department, Due byMarch 29

311 PART-TIME

HELP WANTED

*******PART TIME HELP - book-keeping, general office help,personal assistant. Flexiblehours, Southbridge office lo-cation. Call 774-402-0351

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Town of Charlton seeks a PT(22 hour) Kitchen Assistant forits Senior Center. HS Diplomaand one to two years of experi-ence working with seniors in anutritional or food service pro-gram required; experience in ahigh volume institutional foodpreparation desirable; or anyequivalent combination of edu-cation and experience. Musthave Serve Safe Certification orbe certifiable. Hiring range$13.50-14 hourly DOq, excel-lent benefits. Submit completedapplication by 3/5/19 to HR.More application details atwww.townofcharlton.net/opportunities.htm.

319 HEALTH CARE

PROFESSIONALS

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION-IST: Seeking Medical Tran-scriptionists to work on site in ourSouthbridge office preparingconsultative evaluations. Tran-scription certificate preferred.Medical assistant training, phar-macy tech, and medical adminclerks will be considered. Toapply call 508-765-0067 oremail [email protected]

325 PROFESSIONAL

HELP WANTED

BASED IN North Brook-field: Home every Night.Class A Driver And/Or Gen-eral Mechanic For 18-WheelTrailer Trucks

******************Contact H.R. Salem Trans-port, LLC.(800) 262-9081

Sturbridge Fire DepartmentFull-Time Firefighter/Paramedic.Min req: HS diploma/GeD, non-smoker, driver’s license, Na-tional Registry eMT. Starting$19.73 to $23.45 per hour. 24hour shift, 48 hours/week. Appli-cation details: www.town.sturbridge.ma.us

400 SERVICES

433 CLEANING

Do you both work?Do you need a rest?Let me clean your home.You deserve the best!Call Mary ellen 508-983-4539

442 LICENSED DAY

CARE

*************************The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of ChildCare Services requires that allads placed in the newspaper forchild care (daycare) in yourhome include your license num-ber

454 HOME

IMPROVEMENT

FURNITURE DOCTOR: Haveyour furniture Professionallyrestored at Reasonable rates.Furniture face lifting, painting,striping to Refinishing, caning andrepairs. ANTique DOCTOR,Daniel Ross (508)248-9225 or(860)382-5410. 30 years inbusiness

500 REAL ESTATE

505 APARTMENTS FOR

RENT

Southbridge- Nice one bedroomapt. Off-street parking, nice area,heat included. $1100 month.1st, last, security. John 508-868-6865

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STURBRIDGE- $995, 4Rooms 2 Bedrooms 1 Bath.Main Street Location, easyaccess to Mass Pike, walk torestaurants and shopping.Hot Water & Heat included.Non-Smoking. Security De-posit Required. Please Call508-347-0810

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546 CEMETERY LOTS

Pine Grove Cemetery,Whitinsville. Double plot for sale,lower than the going price. YewAvenue. Call owner 774-602-8211

Worcester County MemorialPark Garden of Valor, PaxtonMass. 2 lots for sale. $4,000 forboth lots. (valued at $8,500) Call508-892-9843

WORCESTER COUNTYMEMORIAL PARK, Garden ofValor, Paxton, Mass. 2 lots forsale, $4000 for both lots. CallAlan at 508-885-4381

576 VACATION

RESOURCES

CAPE COD TIME SHAREFOR SALE: EdgewaterBeach Resort, 95 Chase Av-enue, Dennisport, MA 02639On the water, Studio (Unit706). Permanent Week 33(August). Deeded rights.You’llown it for a lifetime & can bepassed down to your childrenand grandchildren.REDUCED $3500. (508) 347-3145

TIMESHARE FOR SALE full-flex week at The ManhattanClub in New York locatedacross from Carnegie Hall.Great buy; illness forces thissale. Asking $7,000. For details508-248-5123

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WEBSTER - 6 BOYDEN ST EXTBUYERS &/OR INVESTORS TAKE NOTICE! A short sale offering! - A fantastic opportunity to own an affordable, single family, 3 br, 1.5 Bath, split level style home! Partially finished lower level. Young oil fired boiler municipal water & sewer. 12,000 Sq ft land scaped lot. Property being sold as is. $149,900

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Ranch with 110 ft. waterfront facing West on Webster Lake! Eat in kitchen! Fireplace! living room. 3 bedrooms. 3 season porch! assisted sale $579,900

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Roomy 1300 sq.ft., Hip roof Ranch Attached 2 car garage! PLUS 32x32 Detached Garage! Eat in Kitchen, Fireplaced living room with bow window! 3 bedrooms, enclosed heated sun room, central air, Koi Pond, on .87 +/- acre! $259,000

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WEBSTER LAKE - 54 KILLDEER RDKILLDEER ISLAND! A RARE OPPORTUNITY ON WEBSTER LAKE! ABSOLUTELY THE WATERFRONT PROPERTY YOU’VE BEEN WAITING/LOOKING FOR! 2.45+/- Acres! 345’+/- road front, 336/384’+/- depth, 275’+/- Lakefront! Mature landscape provides unprecedented privacy, & a friendly level lot at water’s edge ~ like very few waterfront properties! The possibilities for this property are only limited by your imagination. The 3700 SF+/- Mid-Century Modern Home is unique w/massive modern windows that invite your eyes to venture outside to spectacular 180 panoramic views across the lake to stunning Western sunsets and beautiful natural shoreline beyond! Relax & Entertain in the tiled, stone fireplaced family rm, wet bar w/sliders to an enormous outdoor patio! The house features a 36’+/- open concept combination living/dining area with a stone fireplace, an open stairway & interior 2nd flr balcony w/access to 5 spacious BRs that overlook the rooms below. A 30x32+/- det’d garage w/summer kitchen, 1/2 bath & huge fireplaced patio! Family ownened gem for 60+years! $1,495,000

Douglas-Mount Daniels Lot #2-2.5 Acres of flat land that abuts Douglas State Forest $132,900 Webster Lake - 22 South Point Rd. Waterfront, Southern exposure! Town Water & Sewer $250,000Thompson - East Thompson Rd. White’s Highway 23 acres! Abuts Mass. Line Beautiful view! $99,900Killingly - 37 Katherine Ave River Frontage 2/3rds acre. Town Water & Sewer $55,000

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WEBSTER - 7 HICKORY LN

Warm and Inviting, This Lovely Ranch Sits On A Beautifully Landscaped Yard Nestled in A Very Quiet, Wanting Neighbor-hood. This 3 Bedroom 1.5 Bath Home Has So Much To Offer!!! Fully Applianced Eat in Kitchen, Newly Carpeted Living Room and Three Cozy and Comfortable Bedrooms All On One Floor. Walk Down To The Lower Level To The Open And. Spacious Family Room With Pellet Stove! $259,000

2-14 Acres with a young 2200+ sf Colonial Farm-ers porch! Open concept floor plan with Ceramic & Hardwoods! 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 8 rooms total! 2 car garage. Central Vac, Central air! Oil heat - HWBB. assisted sale $289,000

WEBSTER LAND - COOPER RD

Attention Developers! 3 abutting house lots, potential to divide into 5-6 Buildable lots! Lake Residential area, not on the lake. Priced to Sell! $129,900.

WEBSTER – 18 WHITCOMB STCHARLTON - 54 BLOOD RD, LOT 3

New Construction! 2000+ SF Craftsman style Ranch. Custom Built - Open Floor Plan! 7 rooms, 3 bed-rooms, 2 baths, Fireplace, Tray ceiling, Granite, hardwoods, 2 car garage. So much more!!

assisted sale $430,000

3 Family - Unit# 1 - 1st Floor 5 Rooms, Unit# 2 - 4 Rooms, Unit# 3 - 3 Rooms! Fieldstone Foundation. Built in 1880. Town Water & Sewer with city gas available! Has good bones A nice fixer upper! assisted sale $114,900

WEBSTER LAKE - BEACON PARK #802

WEBSTER LAKE at BEACON PARK! TOWNHOUSE overlooking the COURTYARD.1230 SF+/-, Open Concept Living/Dining FIREPLACE & PRIVATE DECK. Freshly painted rooms, updated appliances. Upper level has 2 SPACIOUS BRS including a MASTER SUITE w/SKY-LIGHTED, PRIVATE BATH, 2nd BR w/lg walk-in closet, 2nd full bath! ENJOY LAKE LIVING on the most desired lake in Central MA at an AFFORDABLE PRICE! $264,900.

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WEBSTER - 12 ERNEST ST

Welcome home to this Huge, Sprawling, Ranch Style Home! 2,848 SF+/- of Living Area on One Level! Level lot! In-ground pool, built-in hot tub, custom stonework & landscape! w/fire pit! Carport/pavilion for entertaining! Separate wings for private family living & entertain-ment, BR suites, 10 rooms total! simply Amazing! $329,900

WEBSTER - 22 SLATER STREET

NEW LISTING! ESTATE SALE! Don’t miss this opportunity! 6 room Colonial! 3 bedroom, 1 & 1/2 baths! Fireplaced family room! Hardwood floors! Natural Woodwork! New Furnace! Flat spacious corner lot. 1 car garage $224,900

WEBSTER - 90 UPLAND AVE

Excellent home for 1st time home buyers! Cape that has 3 large bedrooms, 2 on the main level and one on the 2nd floor. 1 bath on the main level, 1/2 bath in the basement. Heated by oil - forced hot water baseboard! 1 car garage under $134,900.

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WEBSTER LAKE – 905 Treasure Isl! WATER-FRONT Townhouse! 6 Rms! 1,874’! Hrdwds! SS Applianced Quartz Kit! Open Flr Plan! 2 Bdrms!

Master Bath w/Dble Vanity! 2.5 Baths! Frplcd Fam Rm! Newer C/Air & Gas Heat! Trex Deck!

Garage! 2 Boat Slips! Heated Pool, Sandy Beach! $449,000.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 8 Reid Smith Cove Road! Panoramic Lake Views! West Expo! Super Sunsets! 9,698’ Lot! Gently Sloping! 2,254’ Custom Contemp Cape, Built 09 as 2nd Home, Like New! Open Flr Plan! Spectacular Lake Facing Great Rm w/17’ Ceiling, Recessed Lights, Sliders to Trex Deck, Stone

Gas Frplc, Surround Sound & Gleaming Hrdwds! Granite Kit w/Isl, SS Appliances, Soft Close Cabinets, Hrdwds & Recessed Lights! 1st Flr Master w/Tile Bath, Whirlpool Tub/Shower, Dble Sink & Linen

Closet! Upstairs Sitting Area Overlooking Grand Rm w/Lake Views! Hrdwd Hall to 2 Bdrms w/Recessed Lights, Ceiling Fans & Dble Closets! Full Bath & Linen Closet! Lower Level Walkout Fam Rm w/Tile Flr,

10’ Ceilings, Recessed Lights, Ceiling Fans, Stone Gas Frplc, Surround Sound, Wet Bar & Slider! Full Bath w/Tile Flr! Utility Rm w/Laundry & Storage! Nice Docks! Get Packing! $724,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 7 Point Pleasant Ave! Panoramic Lake Views! Eastern Expo! Super Sunrises! 9,000’ Level Lot! 2,300’ Custom Contemp Colonial! Built 2015! Like New! Open Flr Plan! Custom Granite Kit w/Island, Stainless Appliances, Gas Range, Soft Close Cabinets & Recessed Lights!

Spectacular Lake Facing Great Rm, Stone Gas Frplc Surrounded by Custom Cabinetry, Recessed Lights & Ceiling Fan! Dining Area w/Custom Ceiling! Full Bath w/Granite Vanity & Custom Tile Shower! Laundry Rm! “Wood Look” Tile Floors throughout the First Floor! 2nd Flr Features 3

Comfortable Bdrms w/2 Being Waterfront! Lake Facing Master w/Slider to Deck, Hrdwds, Recessed Lighting, Walk-in Closet & Bthrm Access! Lake Facing Bdrm w/Hrdwds, Dble Closet & Door to

Deck! 3rd Bdrm w/Hrdwds & Dble Closet! Full Hall Bath w/Dble Granite Vanity & Tile Flr! C/Air! Gas Heat! 24x30 2 Story Detached Garage! Dock! Get Packing! $789,900.00

THOMPSON – 854 Thompson Rd! Appealing 9 Room Split! Beautiful .63 Acre Lot! Applianced Granite Kitchen! Dining & Fireplaced Living Rm w/Hardwoods! 17x18 Cathedral

Ceiling Great Rm w/Tile Floor! 3 or 4 Bedrooms, 3 w/Hardwoods! Fireplaced Family Rm! Updated Full Bath! 1.5 Baths Total! 2 Car Garage! Recent Furnace! 18x24 Deck! Shed!

Convenient to 395 in both Directions, Close to Raceway Golf Course & Thompson Speedway! $244,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 412 Beacon Park! WATERVIEW 1,280’ 5 Rm Townhouse! End Corner Unit! Lake Views! Applianced Kit!

Frplcd Liv Rm w/Hrdwds! Din Rm w/Hrdwds! Master w/Hrdwds, Custom Bath & Closet w/

Skylight! 2nd Bdrm w/Hrdwds! 2.5 Remodeled Baths! C/Air! Garage! Great Lakeside Pool!

Sandy Beach! $294,000.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 130 Killdeer Island - North Pond! West Expo - Beautiful Sunsets! 6 Rm 3 Season Home! Add Heat

& Use Yr Round! Great Potential! 4 Bdrms w/Hrdwds, 2 Lake Facing! Frplc Liv Rm w/Lake Views! Spacious Kit & Dining Area! 2

Baths! 55’ of Sandy Beach! $475,000.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 60 Bates Point Rd! Middle Pond! Absolute Prime 52’ Level Waterfront Lot w/Western Expo! Beautiful Sunsets! Panoramic Lake Views! 8

Rms, 3 Bdrm, 2 Baths, A/C’d, Ranch! Custom SS Applianced Granite Kit! Din Rm w/Hrdwds & Slider to Waterfront Deck w/Awning! Lake Facing Frplc Liv Rm w/Cathedral, Skylight & Hrdwds! Comfortable Master Bdrm! Frplcd Lower Level

Fam Rm! 2 Car Garage! $729,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 50 West Point Rd! Killdeer Island! Stunning 4,700’ Entertainers Dream! Magnificent Sunsets! Built 2016, It Has It All! Expansive 2 Story Foyer! Cherry Cabinet Kit w/Oversized Center Isl, Dble Oven, High End Appliances and Walk-in Butler’s Pantry! Din Rm w/Wet Bar, Sliders to 14x30’ Deck! Bright & Airy Liv Rm Overlooking the Lake, Custom Built Cabinets, Gas Frplc! 1/2 Bath + Laundry Nearby! An ELEVATOR to Service All 3 Floors! Glorious Stairway leads up to 3 Spacious Bdrms each with their Own Private Baths! Luxurious Master w/Tray Ceiling, Walk-in Closet + Private Balcony! Expansive Master Bath, Soaker Tub & Large Tile Shower! Walk-up Attic w/Expansion Possibilities! Lower Level boasts Full Kit, 1/2 Bath, Lake Facing Fam Rm, Media/Exercise Rm + Lake Facing Bdrm w/Frplc & Private Bath! Slider to Patio! 13 Individual Splits to Control Rm Temps! Oversized 2 Car Garage! This Home is Loaded w/Quality & Detail! Quick Closing No Problem! Don’t Delay! $1,999,000.00

THOMPSON – 36 Logee Rd! QUADDICK RESERVOIR! Ideal Yr Rd 6 Rm, 2 Bdrm,

2.5 Bath Ranch Built in 04! 80’ Waterfront! 10,669’ Lot! 40’ Deck! Granite Kit! Lake

Facing Liv Rm, Bdrms & Fam Rm! Master Bath! “Buderus” Oil Heat! Generator! Boat

Dock & Ramp! 99 Year Lease, $4,300/yr! $329,900.00

DOUGLAS – 36 Cedar St! Badluck Pond (110Acres) aka Cedar Lake & Laurel Lake! 2.74 Acres! 633’ Waterfront! 471’ Road Frontage! Beautiful Private Setting! 27X96’, 2,688’ Custom Cedar Ranch w/Hrdwds! Spectacular, Open, Frplcd, Cedar

Cathedral Ceiling, Sky Lighted Great Rm Highlights Home! Custom Island Kit! Lake Facing Master! 2.5 Baths! All Closets are Cedar! 96’ Screened Porch! Plus 36X72’ 2

Story Heated Boat House/Garage w/5 Rm Caretaker/In-Law Apartment w/2 Bthrms! 5 Full + 2 Half Baths Total! Year Round Country Waterfront Retreat! $599,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 104 Treasure Island! 1,874’ Townhouse! Oak Cabinet

Kit w/Breakfast Counter! Formal Din Rm! Frplc Liv Rm! Screened Porch! 1st Flr Master w/Walk-in Closet & Bath! 2.5 Baths! 2nd Level w/2nd Master Bdrm & Bath! Recent C/Air! Attached Garage! 2 Boat Slips! Heated Pool! Sandy Beach!

$324,900.00

OXFORD – 28 Brown Rd! Country Setting Yet Close to Everything! 6 Rm Split

set on 1.32 Acres w/Beautiful Pastoral Views! Recent Applianced Quartz Kit! Frplcd Liv Rm! 3 Bdrms! Recent Wood Laminate Flooring Throughout! 2 Full

Baths! New Furnace! Recent 3 Car Garage! $319,900.00

DUDLEY – 73 Tracy Rd! Majestically Perched on a Knoll, 1.47 Acres Beautifully Landscaped, Spacious 2,252’ 8 Rm Colonial! Stainless Applainced Eat-in Country Kit w/Center Isl, Pantry Closet,

Recessed Lighting, Tile Flr & French Dr to Deck! Formal Din Rm w/Hrdwd Flr & Classic 3 Windowed Bumped-out Wall! Entry Foyer! Formal Living Rm w/Hrdwd Flr! The Fireplaced Family Rm w/Wide

Plank Hrdwd Flr will Keep the Family Close! Side Entry Hall Dble Closet, Half Bath w/Laundry Closet! Upstairs 4 Comfortable Bdrms, 2 w/Hrdwds, 2 w/Wall to Wall all w/Plenty of Closet Space! 18’Master Bdrm w/Hrdwds, Ceiling Fan, Walk-in Closet, Master Bath w/Granite Vanity & Tile Flr! Off the Hrdwd

Hall the 2nd Full Bath w/Dble Sinks, Granite Vanity, Tile Flr & Linen Closet! Breezeway Attached 2 Car Garage! Quick Closing Possible, Start Packing! $349,900.00

PUTNAM – 48 Smith St! 2 Family! 3/8 Rooms! 1/4 Bedrooms! 1/1 Baths! Major

Rehab 2005 – Roof, Gutter & Downspouts, Vinyl Siding, Windows, Entry Doors! 2018

Electric Heat Conversion! Gas Hot Water! Off Street Parking! Garage! Town Services!

$129,900.00

DUDLEY – 13 Oakwood Ave! Mason Road Area! 7 Rm Cape! HARDWOOD

FLOORS Throughout! Home Offers Quaint Kitchen, Open Concept Dining & Living

Rm! 3 Bedrooms! Full Tile Bath! 2 1st Floor Bdrms! 2nd Flr Bdrm! Walk-in Cedar Closet!

Breezeway to Garage! $205,000.00

OXFORD – 8 Vine St! Ideal 6 Rm Ranch! Move-in Condition! Freshly Remodeled Granite Kit w/New Cabinets, SS Appliances w/Gas Range, New Fusion Enhanced Vinyl

Tile Flr! Brick Frplcd Liv Rm, Gleaming Hrdwd Flr, Recent Bay Window! 3 Bdrms w/Hrdwds! Updated Bath w/Granite Vanity! Fam Rm w/New Wall to Wall! Home Freshly

Painted! 2 Car Attached Garage! 19X37’ In-ground Pool! Shed & Kennel! $274,900.00

WEBSTER – 26 Spring St! 5 Rm Ranch on Quiet Side Street! Walk into the 3 Seasons

Rm w/ Tile Flr, Ceiling Fan & Slider to Deck! Cabinet Packed Eat-In Kit! Spacious Liv Rm w/

Hrdwds! 3 Bdrms! Finished Lower Level w/Tile Flr, 10’ Bar w/Drop Lights! Vinyl Siding!

Replacement Windows! $249,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 15 South Point Rd! Waterfront Lot! Middle Pond - Panoramic Views! Conservation Approval! Build Your Dream! 100+’ of Shoreline! 53.94’ Road

Frontage! Land Area 8,147’! Town Services Available! 2 Docks! Lots on Webster Lake

a Rarity, Don’t let this Slip By without Your Consideration! $199,900.00

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Floors! Year Round Sunroom w/2 Skylights! 3 Bedrooms! 24’ Master w/Master Bath! 2.5 Bathrooms Total! 12x24 3 Season Porch w/3 Skylights! Expandable Attic!

Wraparound Deck! 2 Car Garage! Central Air! Generator! Super Easy Access to Rte 146! $464,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 704 Treasure Island! 1,874’ Townhouse! 6Rms, 2 Bdrms, Master

Bath, 2.5 Baths Total! Recent Cherry & Granite Kit w/SS Appliances! Din Rm w/Sliders to Deck! Frplcd Fam Rm! Patio!

Newer C/Air, Heat & Hot Water! Garage! 2 Boat Slips! Heated Pool! Sandy Beach!

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WEBSTER LAKE – 37 Bates Grove Rd! South Pond! As a Second Home, Getaway

or Expand it into Your Dream Home – Have Possible Plans! 4+ Rooms! Open Floor Plan!

Applianced Kit! 2 Bedrooms! Bathroom! Covered Deck! Ideal Gradual Sloping Lot w/

Panoramic Lake Views! $399,900.00

WEBSTER LAKE – 202 Killdeer Island Rd! Panoramic View of North Pond! Natural Sandy Shoreline! Complete Rebuild Since 2002! Custom Center Island Applianced Granite Kitchen w/Walk-in Pantry, Recessed Lighting, Hardwoods & 1/2 Bath! Open Floor

Plan! Dining Rm w/Window Seat, 2 Closets & Hardwoods! 19X19 Lake Facing Living Rm w/Hardwoods & 2 Sliders to Deck w/Recent Awning! Upstairs to 4 Bedrooms or 3 Plus Office! Lake Facing Master w/Cathedral Ceiling, Walk-in Closet & Master Bath w/Tile Floor, Huge Corner Shower w/Seat, Double Linen Closet! Full Hall Bath! Hallway Laundry Closet! Lake Facing Walk-out Lower Level Family

Room, 2 Sliders to Patio! Full Bath! 3.5 Baths Total! 4 Zone Heat & 2 Zone C/Air only 2 Years Old! Start Packing! $629,900.00

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WEBSTER – 21 Spring St! 6 Rm Ranch! Eat-in Applianced Kit w/Mahogany

Cabinets & Tile Flr! Liv Rm w/Carpet over Hrdwd! 3 Bdrms w/Hrdwds! Master w/Walk-in Closet! Full Tile Bath! 14X40’ Fam/Game Rm! 2nd Bathrm w/Laundry! Workshop! Utility Rm! 2 Z Oil Heat! C/

Air! 2 Car Garage! Porch! Don’t Miss Out! $209,900.00

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SOLD

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WEBSTER LAKE – 194 Killdeer Island! North Pond Views! Sandy Shore! 6 Rm Cape! Open Liv & Din Rm w/Newly

Restored Fireplace! New Lake Facing Windows! 2 1st Flr Bdrms, 1 Lake Facing!

3 Bdrms! 2 Updated Bathrms! Huge Composite Deck w/Vinyl Rails! Walk-out

Lower Level to Courtyard! Garage Under! $559,000.00

ON DEPOSIT

NEW LISTING

WEBSTER LAKE – 17 Wakefield Ave! South Pond! Western Exposure! Protected

from the Storms – Quiet Cove! .24 Acre Lot! 104’ Waterfront! Water Views! 2,412’ 8 Rm Contemp! Just Renovated! 4 Bdrms! 2 Baths! Cathedrals! Skylights! 2 Fireplaces!

C/Air! Composite Decks! Patio! 2 Car Carport! $535,000.00

WEBSTER – 7 Oak St! 2 Family! 5/5 Rms! 2/2 Bdrms! Both Flrs w/Eat-in

Kitchens! Liv Rms w/Wall to Wall! Bdrms w/Wall to Wall! 3 Season Porches! Gas

Heat w/Recent Buderus on 1st! Electric Heat on 2nd! Recent Roof, Siding &

Windows! Off Street Parking! Owner Occupied or Investment! $169,900.00

WEBSTER – 23 Lincoln St! 3 Family w/Great Curb Appeal! Owner Occupied or Investor! 5/5/4 Rooms! 2/2/2 Bedrooms! Harwood Floors in Most Rooms! First

Floor Apart Freshly Painted! Replacement Windows! Off Street Parking! 2 Car Garage!

Easy Highway Access! Conveniently Located! $229,900.00

SOLD

ON DEPOSIT

DUDLEY – 9 Progress Ave! 6 Rm Cape! Move In Ready! Applianced Eat-in Kit! Din

& Liv Rms w/Hrdwds! 1st Flr Master w/Hrdwds & 2 Dble Closets & Ceiling Fan! 3 Season Porch! ½ Bath w/Laundry! 2nd Flr w/2 Bdrms w/Hrdwds & a Full Bath!

Roofs 2013! Town Services! Quick Close Possible! $239,900.00

NEW LISTINGON DEPOSIT

ON DEPOSIT

WEBSTER – 3 Blueberry Lane! Blueberry Hill - Stunning 9 Rm Colonial! Level Acre Lot! Sought after Neighborhood! Move-in Ready! Expansive Fam Rm w/Stone Frplc & Cathedral Ceiling! Slider to the Deck! Custom Kit w/Granite Counters and Island Opening to the Dining Rm! Great Living Rm for Entertaining! Large, Bright 4th Bdrm/Office w/Double Closets, Cathedral Ceiling & Private Slider to

the Deck! Half Bath w/Laundry! Master Bdrm w/His & Hers Closets, Master Bath w/Dble Sinks! Generously Sized 2 Additional Bdrms w/Large Closets! Hallway 2nd Full Bath! Partially Finished Lower Level - Great TV or Game Rm! Large Storage Area! Private Backyard

w/Shed & Basketball Court! 2 Car Garage w/Plenty of Storage! Charm & Character that can’t be Beat! Minutes from 395, an Ideal Location! 3 Z C/Air, Newer Windows & Furnace! This Could Be Yours! $359,900.00

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Decorating a home in neutral tones has long been recommended as a way to sell a home quickly. But the color gray also provides a blank canvas for homeowners who have no intention of putting their homes on the market anytime soon.

Beige and white have long been go-to colors for neutral living spaces. But many interior decorators now look to gray as the neutral color of choice.

Design experts advise that gray has a broad range. Gray can include everything from silver to charcoal to a dusty cloud. According to the trend-setters at Glidden Paints, gray coor-dinates well with other colors. Plus, the neutral appeal of gray boasts a timeless quality.

Gray is not a clear-cut color that’s simply a 50-50 blend of white and black. Gray has subtle nuances that can lean toward blues, greens, taupes, and more depending on the light-ing and surrounding furnishings. That means that homeowners who are ready to replace their furniture

or accessories need not necessarily repaint if they’ve previously decorat-ed in shades of gray.

Individuals need only replace small items to produce a big effect in rooms where gray is dominant. Because gray is so neutral, it works with soft, calming colors in various pastels, but equally as well with bright reds, yel-low and oranges, according to Scott Bodenner, a Brooklyn-based textile designer.

Gray also is a predominant color in natural stones used throughout homes in entryways, bathrooms and kitchens. It can make design sense to maintain continuity throughout by dabbling in gray elsewhere.

Designers have shown how gray does not have to be cold, industrial or gloomy. It can be sophisticated in just about any room of the house. More designers are now leaning toward warmer variations of gray, such as taupes and blends dubbed “greige,” that are beautiful but not as stark as pure gray.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 3SOUTHBRIDGE15 Corriveau Ave S 12-2 $262,900 Aucoin Realty 508-765-9155

TERMS: $5,000 cash or certified check at the time and place of the sale. The balance to be paid within

thirty (30) days at the law offices of Korde & Associ-ates, P.C. 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell,

MA 01851, Attorney for the Mortgagee.Auctioneer makes no representation as to the accuracy

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